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Thirukkural 774

Chapter 78: படைச் செருக்கு (Military Spirit) · Wealth

Kural 774

கைவேல் களிற்றொடு போக்கி வருபவன்
மெய்வேல் பறியா நகும்.

Kaivel Kalitrotu Pokki Varupavan
Meyvel Pariyaa Nakum

At elephant he hurls the dart in hand; for weapon pressed, He laughs and plucks the javelin from his wounded breast

Meaning

The hero who after casting the lance in his hand on an elephant, comes (in search of another) will pluck the one (that sticks) in his body and laugh (exultingly).

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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