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Thirukkural 745

Chapter 75: அரண் (The Fortification) · Wealth

Kural 745

கொளற்கரிதாய்க் கொண்டகூழ்த் தாகி அகத்தார்
நிலைக்கெளிதாம் நீரது அரண்.

Kolarkaridhaaik Kontakoozhth Thaaki Akaththaar
Nilaikkelidhaam Neeradhu Aran

Impregnable, containing ample stores of food, A fort for those within, must be a warlike station good

Meaning

A fort is that which cannot be captured, which abounds in suitable provisions, and affords a position of easy defence to its inmates.

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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