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Chapter 60: ஊக்கமுடைமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 60

Kural 591

ஊக்கமுடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

உடையர் எனப்படுவது ஊக்கம் அஃதில்லார் உடையது உடையரோ மற்று.

Utaiyar Enappatuvadhu Ookkam Aqdhillaar Utaiyadhu Utaiyaro Matru

“To own is to own energy All others own but lethargy”

'Tis energy gives men o'er that they own a true control;They nothing own who own not energy of soul

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Kural #591

The True Treasure

The story shows that material possessions are meaningless without the drive and energy to utilize them, mirroring the Kural's essence. Energy makes out the man of property; as for those who are destitute of it, do they (really) possess what they possess ?

8–14 yr 1 min