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Thirukkural 985

Chapter 99: சான்றாண்மை (Perfectness) · Wealth

Kural 985

ஆற்றுவார் ஆற்றல் பணிதல் அதுசான்றோர்
மாற்றாரை மாற்றும் படை.

Aatruvaar Aatral Panidhal Adhusaandror
Maatraarai Maatrum Patai

Submission is the might of men of mighty acts; the sageWith that same weapon stills his foeman's rage

Meaning

Stooping (to inferiors) is the strength of those who can accomplish (an undertaking); and that is the weapon with which the great avert their foes.

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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