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Thirukkural 14

Chapter 2: வான்சிறப்பு (The Blessing of Rain) · Virtue

Kural 14

ஏரின் உழாஅர் உழவர் புயல்என்னும்
வாரி வளங்குன்றிக் கால்.

Erin Uzhaaar Uzhavar Puyalennum
Vaari Valangundrik Kaal

If clouds their wealth of waters fail on earth to pour, The ploughers plough with oxen's sturdy team no more

Meaning

If the abundance of wealth imparting rain diminish, the labour of the plough must cease.

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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