Thirukkural 621 in English
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Tamil original
இடுக்கண் வருங்கால் நகுக அதனை
அடுத்தூர்வது அஃதொப்ப தில்.
Transliteration
Itukkan Varungaal Nakuka Adhanai
Atuththoorvadhu Aqdhoppa Thil
Modern English
“When trouble arrives, meet it with calm courage instead of panic; that attitude helps drive the trouble away.”
Modern Interpretation
When trouble arrives, meet it with calm courage instead of panic; that attitude helps drive the trouble away. For example, a student who stays steady after a presentation goes wrong can recover and finish well.
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Modern Plain English
When trouble arrives, meet it with calm courage instead of panic; that attitude helps drive the trouble away.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Laugh away troubles; there is No other way to conquer woes
G.U. Pope Translation
Smile, with patient, hopeful heart, in troublous hour;Meet and so vanquish grief; nothing hath equal power
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
If troubles come, laugh; there is nothing like that, to press upon and drive away sorrow
Tamil commentary
நாம் அறியாமலே நமக்கு ஒரு துன்பம் வந்தால் அப்போது மனம் தளராமல் மனத்துள் மகிழ்க; அந்தத் துன்பத்தைத் தோற்கடிக்க அம்மகிழ்ச்சியைப் போல் ஆற்றல் மிக்கது வேறொன்றும் இல்லை.
Chapter 63
More from Hopefulness in Trouble
இடுக்கண் அழியாமை
Laugh away troubles; there is No other way to conquer woes
Kural 622Deluging sorrows come to nought When wise men face them with firm thought
Kural 623Grief they face and put to grief Who grieve not grief by mind's relief
Kural 624Who pulls like bulls patiently on Causes grief to grieve anon
Kural 625Before the brave grief grieves and goes Who dare a host of pressing woes
Kural 626The wise that never gloat in gain Do not fret in fateful ruin
Kural 627The wise worry no more of woes Knowing body's butt of sorrows
Kural 628Who seek not joy, deem grief norm By sorrows do not come to harm
Kural 629In joy to joy who is not bound In grief he grieves not dual round!
Kural 630His glory is esteemed by foes Who sees weal in wanton woes!