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Chapter 104: உழவு

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 104

Kural 1032

உழவு

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திருக்குறள்

உழுவார் உலகத்தார்க்கு ஆணிஅஃ தாற்றாது எழுவாரை எல்லாம் பொறுத்து.

Uzhuvaar Ulakaththaarkku Aaniaq Thaatraadhu Ezhuvaarai Ellaam Poruththu

“Tillers are linch-pin of mankind Bearing the rest who cannot tend”

The ploughers are the linch-pin of the world; they bearThem up who other works perform, too weak its toils to share

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Kural #1032

The Heart of the Village

The story illustrates how the farmer's labor supports all other professions in society. Agriculturists are (as it were) the linch-pin of the world for they support all other workers who cannot till the soil

6–10 yr 1 min