Thirukkural 1034 in English
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Tamil original
பலகுடை நீழலும் தங்குடைக்கீழ்க் காண்பர்
அலகுடை நீழ லவர்.
Transliteration
Palakutai Neezhalum Thangutaikkeezhk Kaanpar
Alakutai Neezha Lavar
Modern English
“When farmers create plenty, they give strength and influence to the rulers and communities that depend on them.”
Modern Interpretation
When farmers create plenty, they give strength and influence to the rulers and communities that depend on them. For example, a region with reliable harvests can support public services and remain strong in difficult times.
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Modern Plain English
When farmers create plenty, they give strength and influence to the rulers and communities that depend on them.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Who have the shade of cornful crest Under their umbra umbrellas rest
G.U. Pope Translation
O'er many a land they 'll see their monarch reign,Whose fields are shaded by the waving grain
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Patriotic farmers desire to bring all other states under the control of their own king
Tamil commentary
உழுவதால் தானிய வளமும் அதனால் அருளும் உடைய உழவர்கள், தம் ஆட்சியாளர்களின் குடை நிழலை அயலக ஆட்சியாளரின் கீழ் வாழும் மக்களும் விரும்பும்படி செய்வர்.
Chapter 104
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Farming though hard is foremost trade Men ply at will but ploughmen lead
Kural 1032Tillers are linch-pin of mankind Bearing the rest who cannot tend
Kural 1033They live who live to plough and eat The rest behind them bow and eat
Kural 1034Who have the shade of cornful crest Under their umbra umbrellas rest
Kural 1035Who till and eat, beg not; nought hide But give to those who are in need
Kural 1036Should ploughmen sit folding their hands Desire-free monks too suffer wants
Kural 1037Moulds dried to quarter-dust ensure Rich crops without handful manure
Kural 1038Better manure than plough; then weed; Than irrigating, better guard
Kural 1039If landsmen sit sans moving about The field like wife will sulk and pout
Kural 1040Fair good earth will laugh to see Idlers pleading poverty