Thirukkural 1037 in English
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Tamil original
தொடிப்புழுதி கஃசா உணக்கின் பிடித்தெருவும்
வேண்டாது சாலப் படும்.
Transliteration
Thotippuzhudhi Kaqsaa Unakkin Pitiththeruvum
Ventaadhu Saalap Patum
Modern English
“Careful, repeated preparation of the soil can make a crop thrive with little extra fertilizer.”
Modern Interpretation
Careful, repeated preparation of the soil can make a crop thrive with little extra fertilizer. For example, a gardener who loosens and dries the soil properly may need fewer added materials later.
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Modern Plain English
Careful, repeated preparation of the soil can make a crop thrive with little extra fertilizer.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Moulds dried to quarter-dust ensure Rich crops without handful manure
G.U. Pope Translation
Reduce your soil to that dry state, When ounce is quarter-ounce's weight;Without one handful of manure, Abundant crops you thus secure
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
If the land is dried so as to reduce one ounce of earth to a quarter, it will grow plentifully even without a handful of manure
Tamil commentary
உழுத மண்ணை, ஏறத்தாழ 35 கிராம் புழுதி, 8.75 கிராம் புழுதி ஆகும்படி காய விட்டுப் பிறகு பயிர் செய்தால் ஒரு கைப்பிடி அளவு எருவும் இடாமலேயே கூட அந்தப் பயிர் அதிகம் விளையும்.
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