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Thirukkural 895

Chapter 90: பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை (Not Offending the Great) · Wealth

Kural 895

யாண்டுச்சென்று யாண்டும் உளராகார் வெந்துப்பின்
வேந்து செறப்பட் டவர்.

Yaantuch Chendru Yaantum Ularaakaar
Vendhuppin Vendhu Serappat Tavar

Who dare the fiery wrath of monarchs dread, Where'er they flee, are numbered with the dead

Meaning

Those who have incurred the wrath of a cruel and mighty potentate will not prosper wherever they may go.

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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