Thirukkural 1029 in English
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Tamil original
இடும்பைக்கே கொள்கலம் கொல்லோ குடும்பத்தைக்
குற்ற மறைப்பான் உடம்பு.
Transliteration
Itumpaikke Kolkalam Kollo Kutumpaththaik
Kutra Maraippaan Utampu
Modern English
“A person who works to protect a family from harm may face hardship, but they are not meant only to suffer.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who works to protect a family from harm may face hardship, but they are not meant only to suffer. For example, a caregiver may endure exhausting days while also finding support and relief for the people they protect.
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Modern Plain English
A person who works to protect a family from harm may face hardship, but they are not meant only to suffer.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Is not his frame a vase for woes Who from mishaps shields his house?
G.U. Pope Translation
Is not his body vase that various sorrows fill,Who would his household screen from every ill
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Is it only to suffering that his body is exposed who undertakes to preserve his family from evil ?
Tamil commentary
தன்னால், விலங்குளால், பருவ மாற்றங்களால் துன்பப்படும் வீட்டையும், நாட்டையும் அத்துன்பங்களில் இருந்து காக்க முயல்பவனின் உடம்பு, துன்பத்திற்கு மட்டுமே கொள்கலமோ? இன்பத்திற்கும் இல்லையோ?
Chapter 103
More from The Way of Maintaining the Family
குடிசெயல் வகை
No greatness is grander like Saying \"I shall work without slack\"
Kural 1022These two exalt a noble home Ardent effort and ripe wisdom
Kural 1023When one resolves to raise his race Loin girt up God leads his ways
Kural 1024Who raise their races with ceaseless pain No need for plan; their ends will gain
Kural 1025Who keeps his house without a blame People around, his kinship claim
Kural 1026Who raise their race which gave them birth Are deemed as men of manly worth
Kural 1027Like dauntless heroes in battle field The home-burden rests on the bold
Kural 1028No season have they who raise their race Sloth and pride will honour efface
Kural 1029Is not his frame a vase for woes Who from mishaps shields his house?
Kural 1030A house will fall by a mishap With no good man to prop it up