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Thirukkural 607

Chapter 61: மடி இன்மை (Unsluggishness) · Wealth

Kural 607

இடிபுரிந்து எள்ளுஞ்சொல் கேட்பர் மடிபுரிந்து
மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்.

Itipurindhu Ellunj Chol Ketpar
Matipurindhu Maanta Ugnatri Lavar

Who hug their sloth, nor noble works attempt, Shall bear reproofs and words of just contempt

Meaning

Those who through idleness, and do not engage themselves in dignified exertion, will subject.

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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