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Thirukkural 592

Chapter 60: ஊக்கம் உடைமை (Energy) · Wealth

Kural 592

உள்ளம் உடைமை உடைமை பொருளுடைமை
நில்லாது நீங்கி விடும்.

Ullam Utaimai Utaimai Porulutaimai
Nillaadhu Neengi Vitum

The wealth of mind man owns a real worth imparts, Material wealth man owns endures not, utterly departs

Meaning

The possession of (energy of) mind is true property; the possession of wealth passes away and abides not.

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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