Thirukkural 594 in English
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Tamil original
ஆக்கம் அதர்வினாய்ச் செல்லும் அசைவிலா
ஊக்க முடையா னுழை.
Transliteration
Aakkam Adharvinaaich Chellum Asaivilaa
Ookka Mutaiyaa Nuzhai
Modern English
“Steady effort creates opportunities, and success is more likely to reach those who keep working with purpose.”
Modern Interpretation
Steady effort creates opportunities, and success is more likely to reach those who keep working with purpose. A learner who practices a skill every week is more likely to find work using it.
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Modern Plain English
Steady effort creates opportunities, and success is more likely to reach those who keep working with purpose.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Fortune enquires, enters with boom Where tireless strivers have their home
G.U. Pope Translation
The man of energy of soul inflexible,Good fortune seeks him out and comes a friend to dwell
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Wealth will find its own way to the man of unfailing energy
Tamil commentary
தளராத ஊக்கம் உள்ளவனிடம், செல்வமானது தானே அவன் முகவரியை அறிந்து செல்லும்.
Chapter 60
More from Energy
ஊக்கம் உடைமை
To own is to own energy All others own but lethargy
Kural 592Psychic heart is wealth indeed Worldly wealth departs in speed
Kural 593The strong in will do not complain The loss of worldly wealth and gain
Kural 594Fortune enquires, enters with boom Where tireless strivers have their home
Kural 595Water depth is lotus height Mental strength is men's merit
Kural 596Let thoughts be always great and grand Though they fail their virtues stand
Kural 597Elephants are firm when arrows hit Great minds keep fit ev'n in defeat
Kural 598Heartless persons cannot boast \"We are liberal to our best\"
Kural 599Huge elephant sharp in tusk quails When tiger, less in form, assails
Kural 600Mental courage is true manhood Lacking that man is like a wood