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Kural No. 617 · Wealth (Porul) · Ch 62

Manly Effort

ஆள்வினை உடைமை
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
மடியுளாள் மாமுகடி என்ப மடியிலான்
தாளுளான் தாமரையி னாள்.

Matiyulaal Maamukati Enpa Matiyilaan / Thaalulaan Thaamaraiyi Naal

Classical English couplet — “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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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“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”

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

ஒருவனுடைய சோம்பலில் கரிய மூதேவி வாழ்கின்றாள், சோம்பல் இல்லாதவனுடைய முயற்சியிலே திருமகள் வாழ்கின்றாள்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

திருமகள், மூதேவி எனப்படும் சொற்கள் முறையே முயற்சியில் ஊக்கமுடையவரையும், முயற்சியில் ஊக்கமற்ற சோம்பேறியையும் சுட்டிக் காட்டிப் பயன்படுவனவாகும்

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