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Thirukkural 500

Chapter 50: இடனறிதல் (Knowing the Place) · Wealth

Kural 500

காலாழ் களரில் நரியடும் கண்ணஞ்சா
வேலாள் முகத்த களிறு.

Kaalaazh Kalaril Nariyatum Kannanjaa
Velaal Mukaththa Kaliru

The jackal slays, in miry paths of foot-betraying fen, The elephant of fearless eye and tusks transfixing armed men

Meaning

A fox can kill a fearless, warrior-faced elephant, if it go into mud in which its legs sink down.

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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