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Thirukkural 765

Chapter 77: படை மாட்சி (The Excellence of an Army) · Wealth

Kural 765

கூற்றுடன்று மேல்வரினும் கூடி எதிர்நிற்கும்
ஆற்ற லதுவே படை.

Kootrutandru Melvarinum Kooti Edhirnirkum
Aatra Ladhuve Patai

That is a 'host' that joins its ranks, and mightily withstands, Though death with sudden wrath should fall upon its bands

Meaning

That indeed is an army which is capable of offering a united resistance, even if Yama advances against it with fury.

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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