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Thirukkural 493

Chapter 50: இடனறிதல் (Knowing the Place) · Wealth

Kural 493

ஆற்றாரும் ஆற்றி அடுப இடனறிந்து
போற்றார்கண் போற்றிச் செயின்.

Aatraarum Aatri Atupa Itanarindhu
Potraarkan Potrich Cheyin

E'en weak ones mightily prevail, if place of strong defence, They find, protect themselves, and work their foes offence

Meaning

Even the powerless will become powerful and conquer, if they select a proper field (of action), and guard themselves, while they make war on their enemies.

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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