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Chapter 34: நிலையாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 34

Kural 332

நிலையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

கூத்தாட்டு அவைக்குழாத் தற்றே பெருஞ்செல்வம் போக்கும் அதுவிளிந் தற்று.

Kooththaattu Avaik Kuzhaath Thatre Perunjelvam Pokkum Adhuvilin Thatru

“Like a drama-crowd wealth gathers Like passing show its pride too goes”

As crowds round dancers fill the hall, is wealth's increase;Its loss, as throngs dispersing, when the dances cease

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Kural #332

The Gathering and the Show

The story illustrates the Kural's metaphor of wealth being like an assembly that gathers for a show and disperses once the show is over. The acquisition of wealth is like the gathering together of an assembly for a theatre; its expenditure is like the breaking up of that assembly

8–14 yr 1 min