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Thirukkural 496

Chapter 50: இடனறிதல் (Knowing the Place) · Wealth

Kural 496

கடலோடா கால்வல் நெடுந்தேர் கடலோடும்
நாவாயும் ஓடா நிலத்து.

Katalotaa Kaalval Netundher Katalotum
Naavaayum Otaa Nilaththu

The lofty car, with mighty wheel, sails not o'er watery main, The boat that skims the sea, runs not on earth's hard plain

Meaning

Wide chariots, with mighty wheels, will not run on the ocean; neither will ships that the traverse ocean, move on the earth.

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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