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Thirukkural 591

Chapter 60: ஊக்கம் உடைமை (Energy) · Wealth

Kural 591

உடையர் எனப்படுவது ஊக்கம் அஃதில்லார்
உடையது உடையரோ மற்று.

Utaiyar Enappatuvadhu Ookkam Aqdhillaar
Utaiyadhu Utaiyaro Matru

'Tis energy gives men o'er that they own a true control; They nothing own who own not energy of soul

Meaning

Energy makes out the man of property; as for those who are destitute of it, do they (really) possess what they 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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