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Thirukkural 601

Chapter 61: மடி இன்மை (Unsluggishness) · Wealth

Kural 601

குடியென்னும் குன்றா விளக்கம் மடியென்னும்
மாசூர மாய்ந்து கெடும்.

Kutiyennum Kundraa Vilakkam Matiyennum
Maasoora Maaindhu Ketum

Of household dignity the lustre beaming bright, Flickers and dies when sluggish foulness dims its light

Meaning

By the darkness, of idleness, the indestructible lamp of family (rank) will be extinguished.

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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