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Thirukkural 749

Chapter 75: அரண் (The Fortification) · Wealth

Kural 749

முனைமுகத்து மாற்றலர் சாய வினைமுகத்து
வீறெய்தி மாண்ட தரண்.

Munaimukaththu Maatralar Saaya Vinaimukaththu
Veereydhi Maanta Tharan

At outset of the strife a fort should foes dismay; And greatness gain by deeds in every glorious day

Meaning

A fort is that which derives excellence from the stratagems made (by its inmates) to defeat their enemies in the battlefield.

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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