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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Kural 475: The Kural on Humility and Strength

October 4, 2022

A verse on power and limits and the true weight of a feather.

475
Even the axle of a cart of feathers breaks
If heaped with too many

பீலிபெய் சாகாடும் அச்சிறும் அப்பண்டம்
சால மிகுத்துப் பெயின்

From chapter 48, “Knowing Strength.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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