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Thirukkural 499

Chapter 50: இடனறிதல் (Knowing the Place) · Wealth

Kural 499

சிறைநலனும் சீரும் இலரெனினும் மாந்தர்
உறைநிலத்தோடு ஒட்டல் அரிது.

Sirainalanum Seerum Ilareninum Maandhar
Urainilaththotu Ottal Aridhu

Though fort be none, and store of wealth they lack,'Tis hard a people's homesteads to attack

Meaning

It is a hazardous thing to attack men in their own country, although they may neither have power nor a good fortress.

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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