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Thirukkural 750

Chapter 75: அரண் (The Fortification) · Wealth

Kural 750

எனைமாட்சித் தாகியக் கண்ணும் வினைமாட்சி
இல்லார்கண் இல்லது அரண்.

Enaimaatchith Thaakiyak Kannum Vinaimaatchi
Illaarkan Illadhu Aran

Howe'er majestic castled walls may rise, To craven souls no fortress strength supplies

Meaning

Although a fort may possess all (the above-said) excellence, it is, as it were without these, if its inmates possess not the excellence of action.

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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