Thirukkural 609 in English
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Tamil original
குடியாண்மை யுள்வந்த குற்றம் ஒருவன்
மடியாண்மை மாற்றக் கெடும்.
Transliteration
Kutiyaanmai Yulvandha Kutram Oruvan
Matiyaanmai Maatrak Ketum
Modern English
“When a person removes laziness, the faults that have harmed their own standing and their family's name can disappear.”
Modern Interpretation
When a person removes laziness, the faults that have harmed their own standing and their family's name can disappear. For example, returning to steady work and keeping promises can slowly restore trust.
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Modern Plain English
When a person removes laziness, the faults that have harmed their own standing and their family's name can disappear.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
The blots on race and rule shall cease When one from sloth gets his release
G.U. Pope Translation
Who changes slothful habits savesHimself from all that household rule depraves
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
When a man puts away idleness, the reproach which has come upon himself and his family will disappear
Tamil commentary
ஒருவன் சோம்பலுக்கு அடிமையாவதை விட்டுவிட்டால், அவனது குடும்பத்திற்குள் வந்த சிறுமைகள் அழிந்துவிடும்.
Chapter 61
More from Unsluggishness
மடி இன்மை
Quenchless lamp of ancestry goes When foul idleness encloses
Kural 602To make your home an ideal home Loath sloth as sloth; refuse it room
Kural 603The fool who fosters sluggishness Before he dies ruins his house
Kural 604Who strive not high, sunk deep in sloth Ruin their house by evil growth
Kural 605To lag, forget, idle and doze These four are pleasure boats of loss
Kural 606With all the wealth of lords of earth The slothful gain nothing of worth
Kural 607The slothful lacking noble deeds Subject themselves to scornful words
Kural 608If sloth invades a noble house It will become a slave of foes
Kural 609The blots on race and rule shall cease When one from sloth gets his release
Kural 610The slothless king shall gain en masse *All regions trod by Lord apace * Hindu mythology holds that Lord Vishnu measured with his feet the three worlds