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Chapter 107: இரவச்சம்

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 107

Kural 1062

இரவச்சம்

Position 2/10

திருக்குறள்

இரந்தும் உயிர்வாழ்தல் வேண்டின் பரந்து கெடுக உலகியற்றி யான்.

Irandhum Uyirvaazhdhal Ventin Parandhu Ketuka Ulakiyatri Yaan

“Let World-Maker loiter and rot If \"beg and live\" be human fate”

If he that shaped the world desires that men should begging go,Through life's long course, let him a wanderer be and perish so

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Kural #1062

Kari's Dignity

The story illustrates the Kural's message that one should reject the path of mendicancy in favor of honest labor. If the Creator of the world has decreed even begging as a means of livelihood, may he too go abegging and perish

6–10 yr 1 min