Thirukkural 743 in English
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Tamil original
உயர்வகலம் திண்மை அருமைஇந் நான்கின்
அமைவரண் என்றுரைக்கும் நூல்.
Transliteration
Uyarvakalam Thinmai Arumaiin Naankin
Amaivaran Endruraikkum Nool
Modern English
“A proper fort combines height, space, strength, and difficulty of access.”
Modern Interpretation
A proper fort combines height, space, strength, and difficulty of access. A secure facility is safer when its walls are hard to reach, wide enough to operate in, and strong enough to withstand attack.
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Modern Plain English
A proper fort combines height, space, strength, and difficulty of access.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
An ideal fort's so says science: High, broad, strong and hard for access
G.U. Pope Translation
Height, breadth, strength, difficult access:Science declares a fort must these possess
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The learned say that a fortress is an enclosure having these four (qualities) viz, height, breadth, strength and inaccessibility
Tamil commentary
பகைவர் ஏற முடியாத உயரம், காவலர் நிற்க இயங்க வசதியான அகலம், இடிக்கமுடியாத வலிமை, கடக்க முடியாத பொறிகளின் அருமை, இந்நான்கையும் மிகுதியாக உடைய கோட்டையையே செயற்கை அரண் என்று நூல்கள் கூறும்.
Chapter 75
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The fort is vital for offence Who fear the foes has its defence
Kural 742A crystal fount, a space a mount Thick woods form a fort paramount
Kural 743An ideal fort's so says science: High, broad, strong and hard for access
Kural 744Ample in space, easy to hold The fort foils enemies bold
Kural 745Impregnable with stores of food Cosy to live-That fort is good
Kural 746A fort is full of stores and arms And brave heroes to meet alarms
Kural 747Besieging foes a fort withstands Darts and mines of treacherous hands
Kural 748A fort holds itself and defies The attacks of encircling foes
Kural 749A fort it is that fells the foes And gains by deeds a name glorious
Kural 750But a fort however grand Is nil if heroes do not stand