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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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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.


2 Responses to “Tirukural – Chapter 61”

  1. Pethuraja says:

    “AUM”!.

  2. Rita Kneisley says:

    Namaste. So to apply this to real life, one would take to his garden? Taking responsibility and ownership of all that is yours?

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