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Thirukkural 534

Chapter 54: பொச்சாவாமை (Unforgetfulness) · Wealth

Kural 534

அச்ச முடையார்க்கு அரணில்லை ஆங்கில்லை
பொச்சாப் புடையார்க்கு நன்கு.

Achcha Mutaiyaarkku Aranillai Aangillai
Pochchaap Putaiyaarkku Nanku

'To cowards is no fort's defence'; e'en soThe self-oblivious men no blessing know

Meaning

Just as the coward has no defence (by whatever fortifications ha may be surrounded), so the thoughtless has no good (whatever advantages he may possess).

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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