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Chapter 62: ஆள்வினையுடைமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 62

Kural 617

ஆள்வினையுடைமை

Position 7/10

திருக்குறள்

மடியுளாள் மாமுகடி என்ப மடியிலான் தாளுளான் தாமரையி னாள்.

Matiyulaal Maamukati Enpa Matiyilaan Thaalulaan Thaamaraiyi Naal

“Illuck abides with sloth they say *Laxmi's gifts with labourers stay *Laxmi the Goddes of wealth and prosperity”

In sluggishness is seen misfortune's lurid form, the wise declare;Where man unslothful toils, she of the lotus flower is there

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Kural #617

The Secret of the Golden Harvest

The story illustrates that prosperity (Lakshmi) follows the industrious, while adversity (Mudevi) stays with the lazy, as per the Kural. They say that the black Mudevi (the goddess of adversity) dwells with laziness, and the Latchmi (the goddess of prosperity) dwells with the labour of the industrious

8–14 yr 1 min