Thirukkural 898 in English
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Tamil original
குன்றன்னார் குன்ற மதிப்பின் குடியொடு
நின்றன்னார் மாய்வர் நிலத்து.
Transliteration
Kundrannaar Kundra Madhippin Kutiyotu
Nindrannaar Maaivar Nilaththu
English Translation
“When hill-like sages are held small The firm on earth lose home and all”
Plain-English meaning
If (the) hill-like (devotees) resolve on destruction, those who seemed to be everlasting will be destroyed root and branch from the earth
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English Translation
When hill-like sages are held small The firm on earth lose home and all
G.U. Pope Translation
If they, whose virtues like a mountain rise, are light esteemed;They die from earth who, with their households, ever-during seemed
Plain-English Meaning
If (the) hill-like (devotees) resolve on destruction, those who seemed to be everlasting will be destroyed root and branch from the earth
Tamil commentary
மலை ஒத்த ஆற்றல் உடைய பெரியவர், ஒருவரை அழிக்க எண்ணிவிட்டால், அவர் எண்ணிய அளவிலேயே இப்பூமியில் நிலைபெற்று வாழ்பவர் போன்றோரும், தம் குடியோடும்கூட அழிவர்.
Chapter 90
More from Not Offending the Great
பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை
Not to spite the mighty ones Safest safeguard to living brings
Kural 892To walk unmindful of the great Shall great troubles ceaseless create
Kural 893Heed not and do, if ruin you want Offence against the mighty great
Kural 894The weak who insult men of might Death with their own hands invite
Kural 895Where can they go and thrive where Pursued by powerful monarch's ire?
Kural 896One can escape in fire caught The great who offends escapes not
Kural 897If holy mighty sages frown Stately gifts and stores who can own?
Kural 898When hill-like sages are held small The firm on earth lose home and all
Kural 899Before the holy sage's rage Ev'n Indra's empire meets damage
Kural 900Even mighty aided men shall quail If the enraged holy seers will