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Kural-69
Behold the land weighed down beneath the tread of an inglorious people: though famed for
its wealth in the past, it will be reduced to utter poverty.
Kural-70
They alone live who live without blemish: and they alone die who have lived without glory.
This chapter as its subject suggests deals with the praise
or fame that comes form
doing
good to other, while living in the domestic state. The poet talks about the benefits of
glory by saying that there is no greater profit to a man than by living with the praise gained
by
giving and furthermore, whatsoever is spoken in the world will abide as praise upon that
man who gives alms to the poor. The writer also says that there is nothing that stands forth in
the
world imperishable,
except fame, exalted in solitary greatness.
He then makes an
interesting remark about the fact that prosperous destruction and living death will abide with
none but the illustrious. He stresses the importance of fame
not only when he makes the
remark that it would be better for those who are destitute for fame not be born, but also when
he makes the concluding comment that those3 only live who live without disgrace and those
alone die who have lived without fame.
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