Thirukkural 1032 in English

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Tamil original

உழுவார் உலகத்தார்க்கு ஆணிஅஃ தாற்றாது
எழுவாரை எல்லாம் பொறுத்து.

Transliteration

Uzhuvaar Ulakaththaarkku Aaniaq Thaatraadhu
Ezhuvaarai Ellaam Poruththu

English Translation

“Tillers are linch-pin of mankind Bearing the rest who cannot tend”

Plain-English meaning

Agriculturists are (as it were) the linch-pin of the world for they support all other workers who cannot till the soil

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English Translation

Tillers are linch-pin of mankind Bearing the rest who cannot tend

G.U. Pope Translation

The ploughers are the linch-pin of the world; they bearThem up who other works perform, too weak its toils to share

Plain-English Meaning

Agriculturists are (as it were) the linch-pin of the world for they support all other workers who cannot till the soil

உழவுத் தொழிலைச் செய்ய முடியாமல் பிற தொழிலைச் செய்யச் செல்வோர் எல்லாரையும், உழவர்களே தாங்குவதால் அவர்களே இந்த உலகத்தவர்க்கு அச்சாணி ஆவர்.

Chapter 104

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Farming though hard is foremost trade Men ply at will but ploughmen lead

Tillers are linch-pin of mankind Bearing the rest who cannot tend

They live who live to plough and eat The rest behind them bow and eat

Who have the shade of cornful crest Under their umbra umbrellas rest

Who till and eat, beg not; nought hide But give to those who are in need

Should ploughmen sit folding their hands Desire-free monks too suffer wants

Moulds dried to quarter-dust ensure Rich crops without handful manure

Better manure than plough; then weed; Than irrigating, better guard

If landsmen sit sans moving about The field like wife will sulk and pout

Fair good earth will laugh to see Idlers pleading poverty