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Thirukkural 622

Chapter 63: இடுக்கண் அழியாமை (Hopefulness in Trouble) · Wealth

Kural 622

வெள்ளத் தனைய இடும்பை அறிவுடையான்
உள்ளத்தின் உள்ளக் கெடும்.

Vellath Thanaiya Itumpai Arivutaiyaan
Ullaththin Ullak Ketum

Though sorrow, like a flood, comes rolling on, When wise men's mind regards it,- it is gone

Meaning

A flood of troubles will be overcome by the (courageous) thought which the minds of the wise will entertain, even in sorrow.

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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