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Thirukkural 759

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

Kural 759

செய்க பொருளைச் செறுநர் செருக்கறுக்கும்
எஃகதனிற் கூரிய தில்.

Seyka Porulaich Cherunar Serukkarukkum
Eqkadhanir Kooriya Thil

Make money! Foeman's insolence o'ergrownTo lop away no keener steel is known

Meaning

Accumulate wealth; it will destroy the arrogance of (your) foes; there is no weapon sharper than 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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