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Chapter 105: நல்குரவு

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 105

Kural 1050

நல்குரவு

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திருக்குறள்

துப்புர வில்லார் துவரத் துறவாமை உப்பிற்கும் காடிக்கும் கூற்று.

Thuppura Villaar Thuvarath Thuravaamai Uppirkum Kaatikkum Kootru

“Renounce their lives the poor must Or salt and gruel go to waste”

Unless the destitute will utterly themselves deny,They cause their neighbour's salt and vinegar to die

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Kural #1050

The Seed of Change

The story illustrates the Kural's warning that those who refuse to work end up living off the resources of others, losing their dignity in the process. The destitute poor, who do not renounce their bodies, only consume their neighbour's salt and water

8–14 yr 2 min