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Thirukkural 747

Chapter 75: அரண் (The Fortification) · Wealth

Kural 747

முற்றியும் முற்றா தெறிந்தும் அறைப்படுத்தும்
பற்றற் கரியது அரண்.

Mutriyum Mutraa Therindhum Araippatuththum
Patrar Kariyadhu Aran

A fort should be impregnable to foes who gird it round, Or aim there darts from far, or mine beneath the ground

Meaning

A fort is that which cannot be captured by blockading, assaulting, or undermining it.

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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