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Thirukkural 475

Chapter 48: வலியறிதல் (The Knowledge of Power) · Wealth

Kural 475

பீலிபெய் சாகாடும் அச்சிறும் அப்பண்டஞ்
சால மிகுத்துப் பெயின்.

Peelipey Saakaatum Achchirum Appantanjjch
Aala Mikuththup Peyin

With peacock feathers light, you load the wain; Yet, heaped too high, the axle snaps in twain

Meaning

The axle tree of a bandy, loaded only with peacocks' feathers will break, if it be greatly overloaded.

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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