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Thirukkural 775

Chapter 78: படைச் செருக்கு (Military Spirit) · Wealth

Kural 775

விழித்தகண் வேல்கொண டெறிய அழித்திமைப்பின்
ஒட்டன்றோ வன்க ணவர்க்கு.

Vizhiththakan Velkona Teriya Azhiththimaippin
Ottandro Vanka Navarkku

To hero fearless must it not defeat appear, If he but wink his eye when foemen hurls his spear

Meaning

Is it not a defeat to the valiant to wink and destroy their ferocious look when a lance in cast at them (by their foe) ?

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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