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Thirukkural 15

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

Kural 15

கெடுப்பதூஉம் கெட்டார்க்குச் சார்வாய்மற் றாங்கே
எடுப்பதூஉம் எல்லாம் மழை.

Ketuppadhooum Kettaarkkuch Chaarvaaimar Raange
Etuppadhooum Ellaam Mazhai

'Tis rain works all: it ruin spreads, then timely aid supplies; As, in the happy days before, it bids the ruined rise

Meaning

Rain by its absence ruins men; and by its existence restores them to fortune.

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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