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Thirukkural 597

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Kural 597

சிதைவிடத்து ஒல்கார் உரவோர் புதையம்பிற்
பட்டுப்பா டூன்றுங் களிறு.

Sidhaivitaththu Olkaar Uravor Pudhaiyampir
Pattuppaa Toondrung Kaliru

The men of lofty mind quail not in ruin's fateful hour, The elephant retains his dignity mind arrows' deadly shower

Meaning

The strong minded will not faint, even when all is lost; the elephant stands firm, even when wounded by a shower of arrows.

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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