Thirukkural 332 in English

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Tamil original

கூத்தாட்டு அவைக்குழாத் தற்றே பெருஞ்செல்வம்
போக்கும் அதுவிளிந் தற்று.

Transliteration

Kooththaattu Avaik Kuzhaath Thatre
Perunjelvam Pokkum Adhuvilin Thatru

English Translation

“Like a drama-crowd wealth gathers Like passing show its pride too goes”

Plain-English meaning

The acquisition of wealth is like the gathering together of an assembly for a theatre; its expenditure is like the breaking up of that assembly

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English Translation

Like a drama-crowd wealth gathers Like passing show its pride too goes

G.U. Pope Translation

As crowds round dancers fill the hall, is wealth's increase;Its loss, as throngs dispersing, when the dances cease

Plain-English Meaning

The acquisition of wealth is like the gathering together of an assembly for a theatre; its expenditure is like the breaking up of that assembly

நாடக அரங்கிற்கு கூட்டம் வருவது போல் சிறுகச் சிறுக செல்வம் சேரும். நாடகம் முடிந்ததும கூட்டம் கலைவது போல் மொத்தமாய்ப் போய்விடும்.

Chapter 34

நிலையாமை

The worst of follies it is told The fleeting as lasting to hold

Like a drama-crowd wealth gathers Like passing show its pride too goes

Wealth wanes away; but when it comes Take care to do enduring things

The showy day is but a saw Your life, know that, to file and gnaw

Ere tongue benumbs and hiccough comes Rise up to do good deeds betimes

One was yesterday; not today!

Man knows not his next moment On crores of things he is intent

The soul from body any day Like bird from egg-shell flies away

Death is like a slumber deep And birth like waking from that sleep

The life berthed in this body shows A fixed home it never knows