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Chapter 61: மடி இன்மை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 61

Kural 605

மடி இன்மை

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திருக்குறள்

நெடுநீர் மறவி மடிதுயில் நான்கும் கெடுநீரார் காமக் கலன்.

Netuneer Maravi Matidhuyil Naankum Ketuneeraar Kaamak Kalan

“To lag, forget, idle and doze These four are pleasure boats of loss”

Delay, oblivion, sloth, and sleep: these fourAre pleasure-boat to bear the doomed to ruin's shore

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Kural #605

Ashok's Wake-up Call

The story illustrates how the four traits mentioned in the Kural can lead to the loss of opportunities and personal growth. Procrastination, forgetfulness, idleness, and sleep, these four things, form the vessel which is desired by those destined to destruction

8–14 yr 1 min