Thirukkural 1062 in English

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Tamil original

இரந்தும் உயிர்வாழ்தல் வேண்டின் பரந்து
கெடுக உலகியற்றி யான்.

Transliteration

Irandhum Uyirvaazhdhal Ventin Parandhu
Ketuka Ulakiyatri Yaan

English Translation

“Let World-Maker loiter and rot If \"beg and live\" be human fate”

Plain-English meaning

If the Creator of the world has decreed even begging as a means of livelihood, may he too go abegging and perish

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

Let World-Maker loiter and rot If \"beg and live\" be human fate

G.U. Pope Translation

If he that shaped the world desires that men should begging go,Through life's long course, let him a wanderer be and perish so

Plain-English Meaning

If the Creator of the world has decreed even begging as a means of livelihood, may he too go abegging and perish

பிச்சை எடுத்துத்தான் உயிர்வாழ வேண்டும் என்ற நிலை இருந்தால், இந்த உலகைப் படைத்தவன் அங்கும் இங்கும் அலைந்து கெடுவானாக.

Chapter 107

இரவச்சம்

Not to beg is billions worth E'en from eye-like friends who give with mirth

Let World-Maker loiter and rot If \"beg and live\" be human fate

Nothing is hard like hard saying \"We end poverty by begging\"

All space is small before the great Who beg not e'en in want acute

Though gruel thin, nothing is sweet Like the food earned by labour's sweat

It may be water for the cow Begging tongue is mean anyhow

If beg they must I beg beggers Not to beg from shrinking misers

The hapless bark of beggary splits On the rock of refusing hits

The heart at thought of beggars melts; It dies at repulsing insults

The word \"No\" kills the begger's life Where can the niggard's life be safe?