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Thirukkural 608

Chapter 61: மடி இன்மை (Unsluggishness) · Wealth

Kural 608

மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன் ஒன்னார்க்கு
அடிமை புகுத்தி விடும்.

Matimai Kutimaikkan Thangindhan Onnaarkku
Atimai Pukuththi Vitum

If sloth a dwelling find mid noble family, Bondsmen to them that hate them shall they be

Meaning

If idleness take up its abode in a king of high birth, it will make him a slave of his enemies.

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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