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Chapter 74: நாடு

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 74

Kural 739

நாடு

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திருக்குறள்

நாடென்ப நாடா வளத்தன நாடல்ல நாட வளந்தரு நாடு.

Naatenpa Naataa Valaththana Naatalla Naata Valandharu Naatu

“A land is land which yields unsought Needing hard work the land is nought”

That is a land that yields increase unsought,That is no land whose gifts with toil are bought

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Kural #739

The Treasure of True Growth

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that wealth obtained without labor does not constitute a true foundation for prosperity, whereas earned wealth provides stability. The learned say that those are kingdom whose wealth is not laboured for, and those not, whose wealth is only obtained through labour

8–14 yr 2 min