Thirukkural 734 in English
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Tamil original
உறுபசியும் ஓவாப் பிணியும் செறுபகையும்
சேரா தியல்வது நாடு.
Transliteration
Urupasiyum Ovaap Piniyum Serupakaiyum
Seraa Thiyalvadhu Naatu
Modern English
“A good country protects people from severe hunger, lasting disease, and destructive enemies.”
Modern Interpretation
A good country protects people from severe hunger, lasting disease, and destructive enemies. A community with affordable food, reliable healthcare, and public safety gives its people room to live and grow.
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Modern Plain English
A good country protects people from severe hunger, lasting disease, and destructive enemies.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
It is country which is free from Fierce famine, plague and foemen's harm
G.U. Pope Translation
That is a 'land' whose peaceful annals know,Nor famine fierce, nor wasting plague, nor ravage of the foe
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
A kingdom is that which continues to be free from excessive starvation, irremediable epidemics, and destructive foes
Tamil commentary
மிகுந்த பசி, நீங்காத நோய், வெளியில் இருந்து வந்து தாக்கும் பகை ஆகிய இவை இல்லாமல் இருப்பது நாடு.
Chapter 74
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It's country which has souls of worth Unfailing yields and ample wealth
Kural 732The Land has large luring treasure Where pests are nil and yields are sure
Kural 733It's land that bears pressing burdens And pays its tax which king demands
Kural 734It is country which is free from Fierce famine, plague and foemen's harm
Kural 735Sects and ruinous foes are nil No traitors in a land tranquil
Kural 736The land of lands no ruin knows Even in grief its wealth yet grows
Kural 737Waters up and down, hills and streams With strong forts as limbs country beams
Kural 738Rich yield, delight, defence and wealth Are jewels of lands with blooming health
Kural 739A land is land which yields unsought Needing hard work the land is nought
Kural 740Though a land has thus every thing It is worthless without a king