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Thirukkural 968

Kural 968

மருந்தோமற்று ஊன்ஓம்பும் வாழ்க்கை பெருந்தகைமை
பீடழிய வந்த இடத்து.

Marundhomatru Oonompum Vaazhkkai Perundhakaimai
Peetazhiya Vandha Itaththu

When high estate has lost its pride of honour meet, Is life, that nurses this poor flesh, as nectar sweet

Meaning

For the high-born to keep their body in life when their honour is gone will certainly not prove a remedy against death.

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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