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Thirukkural 996

Chapter 100: பண்புடைமை (Courtesy) · Wealth

Kural 996

பண்புடையார்ப் பட்டுண்டு உலகம் அதுஇன்றேல்
மண்புக்கு மாய்வது மன்.

Panputaiyaarp Pattuntu Ulakam Adhuindrel
Manpukku Maaivadhu Man

The world abides; for 'worthy' men its weight sustainWere it not so, 'twould fall to dust again

Meaning

The (way of the) world subsists by contact with the good; if not, it would bury itself in the earth and perish.

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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