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

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Patriotic farmers desire to bring all other states under the control of their own king

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

Patriotic farmers desire to bring all other states under the control of their own king

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

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