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Thirukkural 611

Chapter 62: ஆள்வினை உடைமை (Manly Effort) · Wealth

Kural 611

அருமை உடைத்தென்று அசாவாமை வேண்டும்
பெருமை முயற்சி தரும்.

Arumai Utaiththendru Asaavaamai Ventum
Perumai Muyarsi Tharum

Say not, 'Tis hard', in weak, desponding hour, For strenuous effort gives prevailing power

Meaning

Yield not to the feebleness which says, "this is too difficult to be done"; labour will give the greatness (of mind) which is necessary (to do it).

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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