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Thirukkural 558

Chapter 56: கொடுங்கோன்மை (The Cruel Sceptre) · Wealth

Kural 558

இன்மையின் இன்னாது உடைமை முறைசெய்யா
மன்னவன் கோற்கீழ்ப் படின்.

Inmaiyin Innaadhu Utaimai Muraiseyyaa
Mannavan Korkeezhp Patin

To poverty it adds a sharper sting, To live beneath the sway of unjust king

Meaning

Property gives more sorrow than poverty, to those who live under the sceptre of a king without justice.

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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