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Thirukkural 614

Chapter 62: ஆள்வினை உடைமை (Manly Effort) · Wealth

Kural 614

தாளாண்மை இல்லாதான் வேளாண்மை பேடிகை
வாளாண்மை போலக் கெடும்.

Thaalaanmai Illaadhaan Velaanmai Petikai
Vaalaanmai Polak Ketum

Beneficent intent in men by whom no strenuous work is wrought, Like battle-axe in sexless being's hand availeth nought

Meaning

The liberality of him, who does not labour, will fail, like the manliness of a hermaphrodite, who has a sword in its hand.

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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