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Chapter 104: Farming

உழவு

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1031

சுழன்றும்ஏர்ப் பின்னது உலகம் அதனால்
உழந்தும் உழவே தலை.

Suzhandrumerp Pinnadhu Ulakam Adhanaal
Uzhandhum Uzhave Thalai

Farming though hard is foremost trade Men ply at will but ploughmen lead

Meaning: Agriculture, though laborious, is the most excellent (form of labour); for people, though they go about (in search of various employments), have at last to resort to the farmer

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1032

உழுவார் உலகத்தார்க்கு ஆணிஅஃ தாற்றாது
எழுவாரை எல்லாம் பொறுத்து.

Uzhuvaar Ulakaththaarkku Aaniaq Thaatraadhu
Ezhuvaarai Ellaam Poruththu

Tillers are linch-pin of mankind Bearing the rest who cannot tend

Meaning: Agriculturists are (as it were) the linch-pin of the world for they support all other workers who cannot till the soil

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1033

உழுதுண்டு வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார்மற் றெல்லாம்
தொழுதுண்டு பின்செல் பவர்.

Uzhudhuntu Vaazhvaare Vaazhvaarmar Rellaam
Thozhudhuntu Pinsel Pavar

They live who live to plough and eat The rest behind them bow and eat

Meaning: They alone live who live by agriculture; all others lead a cringing, dependent life

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1034

பலகுடை நீழலும் தங்குடைக்கீழ்க் காண்பர்
அலகுடை நீழ லவர்.

Palakutai Neezhalum Thangutaikkeezhk Kaanpar
Alakutai Neezha Lavar

Who have the shade of cornful crest Under their umbra umbrellas rest

Meaning: Patriotic farmers desire to bring all other states under the control of their own king

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1035

இரவார் இரப்பார்க்கொன்று ஈவர் கரவாது
கைசெய்தூண் மாலை யவர்.

Iravaar Irappaarkkondru Eevar Karavaadhu
Kaiseydhoon Maalai Yavar

Who till and eat, beg not; nought hide But give to those who are in need

Meaning: Those whose nature is to live by manual labour will never beg but give something to those who beg

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1036

உழவினார் கைம்மடங்கின் இல்லை விழைவதூஉம்
விட்டேம்என் பார்க்கும் நிலை.

Uzhavinaar Kaimmatangin Illai Vizhaivadhooum
Vittemen Paarkkum Nilai

Should ploughmen sit folding their hands Desire-free monks too suffer wants

Meaning: If the farmer's hands are slackened, even the ascetic state will fail

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1037

தொடிப்புழுதி கஃசா உணக்கின் பிடித்தெருவும்
வேண்டாது சாலப் படும்.

Thotippuzhudhi Kaqsaa Unakkin Pitiththeruvum
Ventaadhu Saalap Patum

Moulds dried to quarter-dust ensure Rich crops without handful manure

Meaning: If the land is dried so as to reduce one ounce of earth to a quarter, it will grow plentifully even without a handful of manure

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1038

ஏரினும் நன்றால் எருவிடுதல் கட்டபின்
நீரினும் நன்றதன் காப்பு.

Erinum Nandraal Eruvitudhal Kattapin
Neerinum Nandradhan Kaappu

Better manure than plough; then weed; Than irrigating, better guard

Meaning: Manuring is better than ploughing; after weeding, watching is better than watering (it)

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1039

செல்லான் கிழவன் இருப்பின் நிலம்புலந்து
இல்லாளின் ஊடி விடும்.

Sellaan Kizhavan Iruppin Nilampulandhu
Illaalin Ooti Vitum

If landsmen sit sans moving about The field like wife will sulk and pout

Meaning: If the owner does not (personally) attend to his cultivation, his land will behave like an angry wife and yield him no pleasure

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1040

இலமென்று அசைஇ இருப்பாரைக் காணின்
நிலமென்னும் நல்லாள் நகும்.

Ilamendru Asaii Iruppaaraik Kaanin
Nilamennum Nallaal Nakum

Fair good earth will laugh to see Idlers pleading poverty

Meaning: The maiden, Earth, will laugh at the sight of those who plead poverty and lead an idle life

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