Weaver’s Wisdom

Avoidance of Idleness

KURAL 601

The eternal flame of a family vanishes when eclipsed by that dark cloud called idleness.§

KURAL 602

Let those who wish their family to be a noble family call laziness “laziness” and live without it.§

KURAL 603

The simpleton whose actions are stifled by ruinous indolence will see his family perish before he dies.§

KURAL 604

Their families decrease and their vices increase when men, ensnared in sloth, do not put forth earnest effort.§

KURAL 605

Procrastination, forgetfulness, sloth and sleep—these four shape the ship bearing those destined for ruin.§

KURAL 606

Seldom do languid men achieve anything special, even when supported by the world’s wealthy proprietors.§

KURAL 607

Idle men, incapable of honorable exertion, invite scorn and suffer the shame of scolding words.§

KURAL 608

If languor is allowed to linger in aristocrats, they will be forced into servitude under foes.§

KURAL 609

Disgrace that has come upon a man and his family will disappear the moment he casts out laziness.§

KURAL 610

A king devoid of indolence will thereby procure all that cosmic expanse measured by God’s immeasurable strides.§