Thirukural written by Thiruvalluvar consists of three books, the first book on Aram (the Way or Dharma), the second on Porul (Material or Artha) and the third on Inbam (Joy or Kama).

There are 37 chapters in the first book, the first four called Payiram or Prefactory Matter, the next twenty about Ill-Aram (the householder’s Dharma) and the next thirteen about Turavaram (the path of Renunciation). The second book on Porul contains seventy chapters, the first twenty dealing with Kings and their Duties, the succeeding thirty two chapters with the other matters concerning the State, and next thirteen, with Sundry Concerns. The third book on Inbam contains twenty five chapters, the first seven being on Pre Marital Love (Kalavu) and the next eighteen on Marital Love.

There are 133 chapters in all, each chapter contains ten distichs in the metre known as Kural and the work itself is now called by that name.

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0608. மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன்

0608. Madimai Kudimaikkan Thankinthan

  • குறள் #
    0608
  • பால்
    பொருட்பால் (Porutpaal) - Wealth
  • இயல்
    அரசியல் (Arasiyal) - Royalty
  • அதிகாரம்
    மடி இன்மை (Madi Inmai)
    Unsluggishness
  • குறள்
    மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன் ஒன்னார்க்கு
    அடிமை புகுத்தி விடும்.
  • விளக்கம்
    உயர்ந்த குடியில் பிறந்தவனிடத்தில் சோம்பல் நிலைபெறுமானால், அஃது அவனைத் தன் பகைவனிடம் அடிமையாக்கிவிடும்.
  • Translation
    in English
    If sloth a dwelling find mid noble family,
    Bondsmen to them that hate them shall they be.
  • 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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