Thirukkural 776 in English

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Tamil original

விழுப்புண் படாதநாள் எல்லாம் வழுக்கினுள்
வைக்கும்தன் நாளை எடுத்து.

Transliteration

Vizhuppun Pataadhanaal Ellaam Vazhukkinul
Vaikkumdhan Naalai Etuththu

English Translation

“The brave shall deem the days as vain Which did not battle-wounds sustain”

Plain-English meaning

The hero will reckon among wasted days all those on which he had not received severe wounds

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English Translation

The brave shall deem the days as vain Which did not battle-wounds sustain

G.U. Pope Translation

The heroes, counting up their days, set down as vainEach day when they no glorious wound sustain

Plain-English Meaning

The hero will reckon among wasted days all those on which he had not received severe wounds

ஒரு வீரன் தன் கடந்த நாள்களை எண்ணி எடுத்து, அவற்றுள் முகத்திலும் மார்பிலும் போரின்போது புண்படாத நாள்களைப் பயனில்லாமல் கழிந்த நாள்களாகக் கருதுவான்

Chapter 78

படைச் செருக்கு

Stand not before my chief, O foes! Many who stood, in stones repose

To lift a lance that missed a tusker Is prouder than shaft that hit a hare

Valour is fight with fierce courage Mercy to the fallen is its edge

At the tusker he flings his lance One in body smiles another chance

When lances dart if heroes wink \"It is a rout\" the world will think

The brave shall deem the days as vain Which did not battle-wounds sustain

Their anklets aloud jingle their name Who sacrifice their life for fame

The king may chide, they pursue strife; They fear loss of glory; not life

Who will blame the heroes that lose Their lives in war to keep their vows?

Such a death shall be prayed for Which draws the the tears of the ruler