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Thirukkural 1072

Kural 1072

நன்றறி வாரிற் கயவர் திருவுடையர்
நெஞ்சத்து அவலம் இலர்.

Nandrari Vaarir Kayavar Thiruvutaiyar
Nenjaththu Avalam Ilar

Than those of grateful heart the base must luckier be, Their minds from every anxious thought are free

Meaning

The low enjoy more felicity than those who know what is good; for the former are not troubled with anxiety (as to the good).

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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