Tirukural – Chapter 103
Chapter 103: Advancing the Community
Verse 1021
We see a man in several scenes as he works industriously through the day. Clearly he is laboring with all of his heart to advance himself, his family and his community. He awakens to worship Lord Ganesha; then bathes, then feeds and milks the cows, then plows his fields. In the late afternoon he kneels to worship before a temple, and finally sleeps deeply, having exerted himself productively all day long.
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Verse 1021
No greater dignity exists than when a man resolutely declares,
“I will never cease in laboring to fulfill my karmas.”
Verse 1022
One prolongs his clan by prolonged exertion in
both perseverance and sound understanding.
Verse 1023
When a man vows to advance his community,
God Himself will wrap His robes and lead the way.
Verse 1024
When a man’s effort to raise his community high is unremitting,
his work will prosper on its own, even if he makes no plans.
Verse 1025
The world will surround and befriend him
who, without fault, lives to advance his community.
Verse 1026
It is said that true manliness consists in becoming
head and provider of the clan one was born into.
Verse 1027
As on a battlefield the burden falls upon the brave,
in the community weight is carried by the most competent.
Verse 1028
Those seeking to improve their clan await no season,
for delays and undue regard for dignity will destroy it.
Verse 1029
When a man shields his family from every suffering,
doesn’t his body become a vessel filled with their afflictions?
Verse 1030
Without good men to hold it up, the family home will fall
the moment misfortune’s axe comes down.
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