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Chapter 60: ஊக்கமுடைமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 60

Kural 600

ஊக்கமுடைமை

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

உரமொருவற்கு உள்ள வெறுக்கைஅஃ தில்லார் மரம்மக்க ளாதலே வேறு.

Uramoruvarku Ulla Verukkaiaq Thillaar Marammakka Laadhale Veru

“Mental courage is true manhood Lacking that man is like a wood”

Firmness of soul in man is real excellance;Others are trees, their human form a mere pretence

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Kural #600

The Spark Within

The story illustrates that without mental energy and initiative, a person is merely a biological entity, much like a tree. Energy is mental wealth; those men who are destitute of it are only trees in the form of men

8–14 yr 1 min