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Thirukkural 667

Chapter 67: வினைத்திட்பம் (Power in Action) · Wealth

Kural 667

உருவுகண்டு எள்ளாமை வேண்டும் உருள்பெருந்தேர்க்கு
அச்சாணி அன்னார் உடைத்து.

Uruvukantu Ellaamai Ventum Urulperundherkku
Achchaani Annaar Utaiththu

Despise not men of modest bearing; Look not at form, but what men are:For some there live, high functions sharing, Like linch-pin of the mighty car

Meaning

Let none be despised for (their) size; (for) the world has those who resemble the linch-pin of the big rolling car.

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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