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Thirukkural 627

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

Kural 627

இலக்கம் உடம்பிடும்பைக் கென்று கலக்கத்தைக்
கையாறாக் கொள்ளாதாம் மேல்.

Ilakkam Utampitumpaik Kendru Kalakkaththaik
Kaiyaaraak Kollaadhaam Mel

'Man's frame is sorrow's target', the noble mind reflects, Nor meets with troubled mind the sorrows it expects

Meaning

The great will not regard trouble as trouble, knowing that the body is the butt of trouble.

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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