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Chapter 107: இரவச்சம்

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 107

Kural 1063

இரவச்சம்

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திருக்குறள்

இன்மை இடும்பை இரந்துதீர் வாமென்னும் வன்மையின் வன்பாட்ட தில்.

Inmai Itumpai Irandhudheer Vaamennum Vanmaiyin Vanpaatta Thil

“Nothing is hard like hard saying \"We end poverty by begging\"”

Nothing is harder than the hardness that will say,'The plague of penury by asking alms we'll drive away.'

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Kural #1063

Kari's Dignity

The story illustrates that seeking easy money through mendicancy is a loss of character and a poor solution to poverty. There is no greater folly than the boldness with which one seeks to remedy the evils of poverty by begging (rather than by working)

8–14 yr 1 min