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Chapter 78: படைச்செருக்கு

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 78

Kural 774

படைச்செருக்கு

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திருக்குறள்

கைவேல் களிற்றொடு போக்கி வருபவன் மெய்வேல் பறியா நகும்.

Kaivel Kalitrotu Pokki Varupavan Meyvel Pariyaa Nakum

“At the tusker he flings his lance One in body smiles another chance”

At elephant he hurls the dart in hand; for weapon pressed,He laughs and plucks the javelin from his wounded breast

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Kural #774

The Mark of a True Hero

The story mirrors the Kural's imagery of a warrior who, after striking an elephant, laughs while plucking a shard from his own body, symbolizing fearless determination. The hero who after casting the lance in his hand on an elephant, comes (in search of another) will pluck the one (that sticks) in his body and laugh (exultingly)

8–14 yr 1 min