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Thirukkural 371

Kural 371

ஆகூழால் தோன்றும் அசைவின்மை கைப்பொருள்
போகூழால் தோன்றும் மடி.

Aakoozhaal Thondrum Asaivinmai Kaipporul
Pokoozhaal Thondrum Mati

Wealth-giving fate power of unflinching effort brings; From fate that takes away idle remissness springs

Meaning

Perseverance comes from a prosperous fate, and idleness from an adverse fate.

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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