Thirukkural 1063 in English

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Tamil original

இன்மை இடும்பை இரந்துதீர் வாமென்னும்
வன்மையின் வன்பாட்ட தில்.

Transliteration

Inmai Itumpai Irandhudheer Vaamennum
Vanmaiyin Vanpaatta Thil

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

There is no greater folly than the boldness with which one seeks to remedy the evils of poverty by begging (rather than by working)

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Nothing is harder than the hardness that will say,'The plague of penury by asking alms we'll drive away.'

Plain-English Meaning

There is no greater folly than the boldness with which one seeks to remedy the evils of poverty by begging (rather than by working)

இல்லாமையால் வரும் துன்பத்தை (உழைத்துப் போக்காது) பிச்சை எடுத்துப் போக்கிக் கொள்ளலாம் என்று எண்ணும் கொடுமையிலும் கொடுமை வேறு இல்லை.

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?