திருக்குறள் 1029, குடிசெயல்வகை

Transliteration

Itumpaikke Kolkalam Kollo Kutumpaththaik
Kutra Maraippaan Utampu

English Translation

Is not his frame a vase for woes Who from mishaps shields his house?

தமிழ் விளக்கம் (Tamil Meaning)

தன் குடிக்கு வரக்குடிய குற்றத்தை வராமல் நீக்க முயல்கின்ற ஒருவனுடைய உடம்பு துன்பத்திற்கே இருப்பிடமானதோ.

Couplet (G.U. Pope Translation)

Is not his body vase that various sorrows fill,Who would his household screen from every ill

Explanation

Is it only to suffering that his body is exposed who undertakes to preserve his family from evil ?