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Thirukkural 495

Chapter 50: இடனறிதல் (Knowing the Place) · Wealth

Kural 495

நெடும்புனலுள் வெல்லும் முதலை அடும்புனலின்
நீங்கின் அதனைப் பிற.

Netumpunalul Vellum Mudhalai Atumpunalin
Neengin Adhanaip Pira

The crocodile prevails in its own flow of water wide, If this it leaves, 'tis slain by anything beside

Meaning

In deep water, a crocodile will conquer (all other animals); but if it leave the water, other animals will conquer it.

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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