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Thirukkural 1068

Chapter 107: இரவச்சம் (The Dread of Mendicancy) · Wealth

Kural 1068

இரவென்னும் ஏமாப்பில் தோணி கரவென்னும்
பார்தாக்கப் பக்கு விடும்.

Iravennum Emaappil Thoni Karavennum
Paardhaakkap Pakku Vitum

The fragile bark of beggaryWrecked on denial's rock will lie

Meaning

The unsafe raft of begging will split when it strikes on the rock of refusal.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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