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Thirukkural 780

Chapter 78: படைச் செருக்கு (Military Spirit) · Wealth

Kural 780

புரந்தார்கண் நீர்மல்கச் சாகிற்பின் சாக்காடு
இரந்துகோள் தக்கது உடைத்து.

Purandhaarkan Neermalkach Chaakirpin Saakkaatu
Irandhukol Thakkadhu Utaiththu

If monarch's eyes o'erflow with tears for hero slain, Who would not beg such boon of glorious death to gain

Meaning

If (heroes) can so die as to fill with tears the eyes of their rulers, such a death deserves to be obtained even by begging.

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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