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Chapter 48: வலியறிதல்

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 48

Kural 476

வலியறிதல்

Position 6/10

திருக்குறள்

நுனிக்கொம்பர் ஏறினார் அஃதிறந் தூக்கின் உயிர்க்கிறுதி ஆகி விடும்.

Nunikkompar Erinaar Aqdhiran Thookkin Uyirkkirudhi Aaki Vitum

“Beyond the branches' tip who skips Ends the life as his body rips”

Who daring climbs, and would himself upraiseBeyond the branch's tip, with life the forfeit pays

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Kural #476

The Limit of Ambition

The story illustrates how the rabbit's attempt to go beyond the safe branch mirrors the Kural's warning about overextending oneself. There will be an end to the life of him who, having climbed out to the end of a branch, ventures to go further

8–14 yr 2 min