Thirukkural 1041 in English
Tamil original, transliteration, English translation, meaning, commentary, pronunciation, and chapter context.
Tamil original
இன்மையின் இன்னாதது யாதெனின் இன்மையின்
இன்மையே இன்னா தது.
Transliteration
Inmaiyin Innaadhadhu Yaadhenin Inmaiyin
Inmaiye Innaa Thadhu
Modern English
“Poverty itself is one of the deepest forms of suffering.”
Modern Interpretation
Poverty itself is one of the deepest forms of suffering. For example, having to choose between food, rent, and medicine can make ordinary life painfully difficult.
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Modern Plain English
Poverty itself is one of the deepest forms of suffering.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
What gives more pain than scarcity? No pain pinches like poverty
G.U. Pope Translation
You ask what sharper pain than poverty is known;Nothing pains more than poverty, save poverty alone
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
There is nothing that afflicts (one) like poverty
Tamil commentary
இன்மையை விடக் கொடியதுஎது என்றால், இல்லாமையை விடக் கொடியது இல்லாமையே.
Chapter 105
More from Poverty
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What gives more pain than scarcity? No pain pinches like poverty
Kural 1042The sinner Want is enemy dire Of joys of earth and heaven there
Kural 1043The craving itch of poverty Kills graceful words and ancestry
Kural 1044Want makes even good familymen Utter words that are low and mean
Kural 1045The pest of wanton poverty Brings a train of misery
Kural 1046The poor men's words are thrown away Though from heart good things they say
Kural 1047Even the mother looks as stranger The poor devoid of character
Kural 1048The killing Want of yesterday Will it pester me even to-day?
Kural 1049One may sleep in the midst of fire In want a wink of sleep is rare
Kural 1050Renounce their lives the poor must Or salt and gruel go to waste