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Thirukkural 237

Kural 237

புகழ்பட வாழாதார் தந்நோவார் தம்மை
இகழ்வாரை நோவது எவன்?

Pukazhpata Vaazhaadhaar Thannovaar Thammai
Ikazhvaarai Novadhu Evan?

If you your days will spend devoid of goodly fame, When men despise, why blame them? You've yourself to blame

Meaning

Why do those who cannot live with praise, grieve those who despise them, instead of grieving themselves for their own inability.

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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