Tirukural – Chapter 61
Chapter 61: Avoidance of Idleness
Verse 610
A king, having many noble characteristics, goes into the far fields to oversee the harvest in his realm, meets with his military court to strategize and at the bottom stands before God who blesses him.
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Weaver’s Wisdom
Verse 601
The eternal flame of a family vanishes
when eclipsed by that dark cloud called idleness.
Verse 602
Let those who wish their family to be a noble family
call laziness “laziness” and live without it.
Verse 603
The simpleton whose actions are stifled by ruinous indolence
will see his family perish before he dies.
Verse 604
Their families decrease and their vices increase when men,
ensnared in sloth, do not put forth earnest effort.
Verse 605
Procrastination, forgetfulness, sloth and sleep–
these four shape the ship bearing those destined for ruin.
Verse 606
Seldom do languid men achieve anything special,
even when supported by the world’s wealthy proprietors.
Verse 607
Idle men, incapable of honorable exertion,
invite scorn and suffer the shame of scolding words.
Verse 608
If languor is allowed to linger in aristocrats,
they will be forced into servitude under foes.
Verse 609
Disgrace that has come upon a man and his family
will disappear the moment he casts out laziness.
Verse 610
A king devoid of indolence will thereby procure all that
cosmic expanse measured by God’s immeasurable strides.
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November 8th, 2021 at 8:02 pm
“AUM”!.
November 9th, 2021 at 5:38 am
Namaste. So to apply this to real life, one would take to his garden? Taking responsibility and ownership of all that is yours?