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Thirukkural 378

Kural 378

துறப்பார்மன் துப்புர வில்லார் உறற்பால
ஊட்டா கழியு மெனின்.

Thurappaarman Thuppura Villaar Urarpaala
Oottaa Kazhiyu Menin

The destitute with ascetics merit share, If fate to visit with predestined ills would spare

Meaning

The destitute will renounce desire (and become ascetics), if (fate) do not make them suffer the hindrances to which they are liable, and they pass away.

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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