Thirukkural 379 in English
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Tamil original
நன்றாங்கால் நல்லவாக் காண்பவர் அன்றாங்கால்
அல்லற் படுவ தெவன்?
Transliteration
Nandraangaal Nallavaak Kaanpavar Andraangaal
Allar Patuva Thevan?
Modern English
“If we welcome good fortune as part of life’s changes, we should not be destroyed when difficult fortune arrives.”
Modern Interpretation
If we welcome good fortune as part of life’s changes, we should not be destroyed when difficult fortune arrives. For example, a student who celebrates a high score can also face a low one with patience and a plan to improve.
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Modern Plain English
If we welcome good fortune as part of life’s changes, we should not be destroyed when difficult fortune arrives.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Who good in time of good perceive In evil time why should they grieve?
G.U. Pope Translation
When good things come, men view them all as gain;When evils come, why then should they complain
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
How is it that those, who are pleased with good fortune, trouble themselves when evil comes, (since both are equally the decree of fate) ?
Tamil commentary
நல்லது நடக்கும்போது மட்டும் நல்லது என அனுபவிப்பவர், தீயது நடக்கும்போது மட்டும் துன்பப்படுவது ஏன்?
Chapter 38
More from Fate
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Efforts succeed by waxing star Wealth-losing brings waning star
Kural 372Loss-fate makes a dull fool of us Gain-fate makes us prosperous, wise!
Kural 373What matters subtle study deep? Levels of innate wisdom-keep
Kural 374Two natures in the world obtain Some wealth and others wisdom gain
Kural 375In making wealth fate changes mood; The good as bad and bad as good
Kural 376Things not thine never remain Things destined are surely thine
Kural 377Who crores amass enjoy but what The Dispenser's decrees allot
Kural 378The destitute desire will quit If fate with ills visit them not
Kural 379Who good in time of good perceive In evil time why should they grieve?
Kural 380What power surpasses fate? Its will Persists against the human skill