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Thirukkural 900

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

Kural 900

இறந்தமைந்த சார்புடையர் ஆயினும் உய்யார்
சிறந்தமைந்த சீரார் செறின்.

Irandhamaindha Saarputaiyar Aayinum Uyyaar
Sirandhamaindha Seeraar Serin

Though all-surpassing wealth of aid the boast, If men in glorious virtue great are wrath, they're lost

Meaning

Though in possession of numerous auxiliaries, they will perish who are-exposed to the wrath of the noble whose penance is boundless.

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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