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Thirukkural 600

Chapter 60: ஊக்கம் உடைமை (Energy) · Wealth

Kural 600

உரமொருவற்கு உள்ள வெறுக்கைஅஃ தில்லார்
மரம்மக்க ளாதலே வேறு.

Uramoruvarku Ulla Verukkaiaq Thillaar
Marammakka Laadhale Veru

Firmness of soul in man is real excellance; Others are trees, their human form a mere pretence

Meaning

Energy is mental wealth; those men who are destitute of it are only trees in the form of men.

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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