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Thirukkural 619

Chapter 62: ஆள்வினை உடைமை (Manly Effort) · Wealth

Kural 619

தெய்வத்தான் ஆகா தெனினும் முயற்சிதன்
மெய்வருத்தக் கூலி தரும்.

Theyvaththaan Aakaa Theninum Muyarsidhan
Meyvaruththak Kooli Tharum

Though fate-divine should make your labour vain; Effort its labour's sure reward will gain

Meaning

Although it be said that, through fate, it cannot be attained, yet labour, with bodily exertion, will yield its reward.

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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