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Chapter 61: Unsluggishness

மடி இன்மை

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601

குடியென்னும் குன்றா விளக்கம் மடியென்னும்
மாசூர மாய்ந்து கெடும்.

Kutiyennum Kundraa Vilakkam Matiyennum
Maasoora Maaindhu Ketum

Quenchless lamp of ancestry goes When foul idleness encloses

Meaning: By the darkness, of idleness, the indestructible lamp of family (rank) will be extinguished

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602

மடியை மடியா ஒழுகல் குடியைக்
குடியாக வேண்டு பவர்.

Matiyai Matiyaa Ozhukal Kutiyaik
Kutiyaaka Ventu Pavar

To make your home an ideal home Loath sloth as sloth; refuse it room

Meaning: Let those, who desire that their family may be illustrious, put away all idleness from their conduct

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603

மடிமடிக் கொண்டொழுகும் பேதை பிறந்த
குடிமடியும் தன்னினும் முந்து.

Matimatik Kontozhukum Pedhai Pirandha
Kutimatiyum Thanninum Mundhu

The fool who fosters sluggishness Before he dies ruins his house

Meaning: The (lustre of the) family of the ignorant man, who acts under the influence of destructive laziness will perish, even before he is dead

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604

குடிமடிந்து குற்றம் பெருகும் மடிமடிந்து
மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்க்கு.

Kutimatindhu Kutram Perukum Matimatindhu
Maanta Ugnatri Lavarkku

Who strive not high, sunk deep in sloth Ruin their house by evil growth

Meaning: Family (greatness) will be destroyed, and faults will increase, in those men who give way to laziness, and put forth no dignified exertions

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605

நெடுநீர் மறவி மடிதுயில் நான்கும்
கெடுநீரார் காமக் கலன்.

Netuneer Maravi Matidhuyil Naankum
Ketuneeraar Kaamak Kalan

To lag, forget, idle and doze These four are pleasure boats of loss

Meaning: Procrastination, forgetfulness, idleness, and sleep, these four things, form the vessel which is desired by those destined to destruction

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606

படியுடையார் பற்றமைந்தக் கண்ணும் மடியுடையார்
மாண்பயன் எய்தல் அரிது.

Patiyutaiyaar Patramaindhak Kannum Matiyutaiyaar
Maanpayan Eydhal Aridhu

With all the wealth of lords of earth The slothful gain nothing of worth

Meaning: It is a rare thing for the idle, even when possessed of the riches of kings who ruled over the whole earth, to derive any great benefit from it

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607

இடிபுரிந்து எள்ளுஞ்சொல் கேட்பர் மடிபுரிந்து
மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்.

Itipurindhu Ellunj Chol Ketpar
Matipurindhu Maanta Ugnatri Lavar

The slothful lacking noble deeds Subject themselves to scornful words

Meaning: Those who through idleness, and do not engage themselves in dignified exertion, will subject

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608

மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன் ஒன்னார்க்கு
அடிமை புகுத்தி விடும்.

Matimai Kutimaikkan Thangindhan Onnaarkku
Atimai Pukuththi Vitum

If sloth invades a noble house It will become a slave of foes

Meaning: If idleness take up its abode in a king of high birth, it will make him a slave of his enemies

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609

குடியாண்மை யுள்வந்த குற்றம் ஒருவன்
மடியாண்மை மாற்றக் கெடும்.

Kutiyaanmai Yulvandha Kutram Oruvan
Matiyaanmai Maatrak Ketum

The blots on race and rule shall cease When one from sloth gets his release

Meaning: When a man puts away idleness, the reproach which has come upon himself and his family will disappear

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610

மடியிலா மன்னவன் எய்தும் அடியளந்தான்
தாஅய தெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.

Matiyilaa Mannavan Eydhum Atiyalandhaan
Thaaaya Thellaam Orungu

The slothless king shall gain en masse *All regions trod by Lord apace * Hindu mythology holds that Lord Vishnu measured with his feet the three worlds

Meaning: The king who never gives way to idleness will obtain entire possession of (the whole earth) passed over by him who measured (the worlds) with His foot

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