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Thirukkural 758

Chapter 76: பொருள் செயல்வகை (Way of Accumulating Wealth) · Wealth

Kural 758

குன்றேறி யானைப்போர் கண்டற்றால் தன்கைத்தொன்று
உண்டாகச் செய்வான் வினை.

Kundreri Yaanaip Por Kantatraal
Thankaiththondru Untaakach Cheyvaan Vinai

As one to view the strife of elephants who takes his stand, On hill he's climbed, is he who works with money in his hand

Meaning

An undertaking of one who has wealth in one's hands is like viewing an elephant-fight from a hill-top.

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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