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Chapter 38: ஊழ்

On Virtue Fate Chapter 38

Kural 374

ஊழ்

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திருக்குறள்

இருவேறு உலகத்து இயற்கை திருவேறு தெள்ளிய ராதலும் வேறு.

Iruveru Ulakaththu Iyarkai Thiruveru Thelliya Raadhalum Veru

“Two natures in the world obtain Some wealth and others wisdom gain”

Two fold the fashion of the world: some live in fortune's light;While other some have souls in wisdom's radiance bright

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Kural #374

The Different Paths of Two Friends

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that people's differences in wealth and knowledge are shaped by their inherent nature and fate. There are (through fate) two different natures in the world, hence the difference (observable in men) in (their acquisition of) wealth, and in their attainment of knowledge

8–14 yr 2 min