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Chapter 105: நல்குரவு

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 105

Kural 1042

நல்குரவு

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திருக்குறள்

இன்மை எனவொரு பாவி மறுமையும் இம்மையும் இன்றி வரும்.

Inmai Enavoru Paavi Marumaiyum Immaiyum Indri Varum

“The sinner Want is enemy dire Of joys of earth and heaven there”

Malefactor matchless! poverty destroysThis world's and the next world's joys

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Kural #1042

The Farmer and the Empty Granary

The story illustrates how poverty limits a person's ability to enjoy the present and prepare for the future. When cruel poverty comes on, it deprives one of both the present and future (bliss)

6–10 yr 1 min