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Thirukkural 379

Kural 379

நன்றாங்கால் நல்லவாக் காண்பவர் அன்றாங்கால்
அல்லற் படுவ தெவன்?

Nandraangaal Nallavaak Kaanpavar Andraangaal
Allar Patuva Thevan?

When good things come, men view them all as gain; When evils come, why then should they complain

Meaning

How is it that those, who are pleased with good fortune, trouble themselves when evil comes, (since both are equally the decree of 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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