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Chapter 78: படைச்செருக்கு

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 78

Kural 776

படைச்செருக்கு

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திருக்குறள்

விழுப்புண் படாதநாள் எல்லாம் வழுக்கினுள் வைக்கும்தன் நாளை எடுத்து.

Vizhuppun Pataadhanaal Ellaam Vazhukkinul Vaikkumdhan Naalai Etuththu

“The brave shall deem the days as vain Which did not battle-wounds sustain”

The heroes, counting up their days, set down as vainEach day when they no glorious wound sustain

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Kural #776

The Warrior's Calendar

The story illustrates the Kural's idea that a warrior considers days without struggle or 'wounds' as wasted time. The hero will reckon among wasted days all those on which he had not received severe wounds

8–14 yr 1 min