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Thirukkural 625

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

Kural 625

அடுக்கி வரினும் அழிவிலான் உற்ற
இடுக்கண் இடுக்கட் படும்.

Atukki Varinum Azhivilaan Utra
Itukkan Itukkat Patum

When griefs press on, but fail to crush the patient heart, Then griefs defeated, put to grief, depart

Meaning

The troubles of that man will be troubled (and disappear) who, however thickly they may come upon him, does not abandon (his purpose).

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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