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Thirukkural 31

Chapter 4: அறன் வலியுறுத்தல் (Assertion of the Strength of Virtue) · Virtue

Kural 31

சிறப்புஈனும் செல்வமும் ஈனும் அறத்தினூஉங்கு
ஆக்கம் எவனோ உயிர்க்கு.

Sirappu Eenum Selvamum Eenum
Araththinooungu Aakkam Evano Uyirkku

It yields distinction, yields prosperity; what gainGreater than virtue can a living man obtain

Meaning

Virtue will confer heaven and wealth; what greater source of happiness can man possess ?

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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