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Chapter 38: ஊழ்

On Virtue Fate Chapter 38

Kural 378

ஊழ்

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திருக்குறள்

துறப்பார்மன் துப்புர வில்லார் உறற்பால ஊட்டா கழியு மெனின்.

Thurappaarman Thuppura Villaar Urarpaala Oottaa Kazhiyu Menin

“The destitute desire will quit If fate with ills visit them not”

The destitute with ascetics merit share,If fate to visit with predestined ills would spare

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Kural #378

The Strength to Stay

The story reflects the Kural by showing how people often seek to renounce life due to suffering, but if fate permits them to endure, they find a new path. The destitute will renounce desire (and become ascetics), if (fate) do not make them suffer the hindrances to which they are liable, and they pass away

6–10 yr 1 min