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Chapter 38: ஊழ்

On Virtue Fate Chapter 38

Kural 376

ஊழ்

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திருக்குறள்

பரியினும் ஆகாவாம் பாலல்ல உய்த்துச் சொரியினும் போகா தம.

Pariyinum Aakaavaam Paalalla Uyththuch Choriyinum Pokaa Thama

“Things not thine never remain Things destined are surely thine”

Things not your own will yield no good, howe'er you guard with pain;Your own, howe'er you scatter them abroad, will yours remain

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Kural #376

The Farmer's Lesson

The story illustrates that fate determines what stays and what goes, mirroring the Kural's teaching on the inevitability of destiny. Whatever is not conferred by fate cannot be preserved although it be guarded with most painful care; and that, which fate has made his, cannot be lost, although one should even take it and throw it away

8–14 yr 2 min