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Thirukkural 374

Kural 374

இருவேறு உலகத்து இயற்கை திருவேறு
தெள்ளிய ராதலும் வேறு.

Iruveru Ulakaththu Iyarkai Thiruveru
Thelliya Raadhalum Veru

Two fold the fashion of the world: some live in fortune's light; While other some have souls in wisdom's radiance bright

Meaning

There are (through fate) two different natures in the world, hence the difference (observable in men) in (their acquisition of) wealth, and in their attainment of knowledge.

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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