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Thirukkural 771

Chapter 78: படைச் செருக்கு (Military Spirit) · Wealth

Kural 771

என்னைமுன் நில்லன்மின் தெவ்விர் பலரென்னை
முன்நின்று கல்நின் றவர்.

Ennaimun Nillanmin Thevvir Palarennai
Munnindru Kalnin Ravar

Ye foes stand not before my lord for many a oneWho did my lord withstand, now stands in stone

Meaning

O my foes, stand not before my leader; (for) many are those who did so but afterwards stood (in the shape of) statues.

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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