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Thirukkural 1080

Kural 1080

எற்றிற் குரியர் கயவரொன்று உற்றக்கால்
விற்றற்கு உரியர் விரைந்து.

Etrir Kuriyar Kayavarondru Utrakkaal
Vitrarku Uriyar Viraindhu

For what is base man fit, if griefs assail?Himself to offer, there and then, for sale

Meaning

The base will hasten to sell themselves as soon as a calamity has befallen them. For what else are they fitted ?

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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