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Thirukkural 616

Chapter 62: ஆள்வினை உடைமை (Manly Effort) · Wealth

Kural 616

முயற்சி திருவினை ஆக்கும் முயற்றின்மை
இன்மை புகுத்தி விடும்.

Muyarsi Thiruvinai Aakkum Muyatrinmai
Inmai Pukuththi Vitum

Effort brings fortune's sure increase, Its absence brings to nothingness

Meaning

Labour will produce wealth; idleness will bring poverty.

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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