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Thirukkural 604

Chapter 61: மடி இன்மை (Unsluggishness) · Wealth

Kural 604

குடிமடிந்து குற்றம் பெருகும் மடிமடிந்து
மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்க்கு.

Kutimatindhu Kutram Perukum Matimatindhu
Maanta Ugnatri Lavarkku

His family decays, and faults unheeded thrive, Who, sunk in sloth, for noble objects doth not strive

Meaning

Family (greatness) will be destroyed, and faults will increase, in those men who give way to laziness, and put forth no dignified exertions.

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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