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Thirukkural 748

Chapter 75: அரண் (The Fortification) · Wealth

Kural 748

முற்றாற்றி முற்றி யவரையும் பற்றாற்றிப்
பற்றியார் வெல்வது அரண்.

Mutraatri Mutri Yavaraiyum Patraatrip
Patriyaar Velvadhu Aran

Howe'er the circling foe may strive access to win, A fort should give the victory to those who guard within

Meaning

That is a fort whose inmates are able to overcome without losing their ground, even abler men who have besieged 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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