Wealth (பொருட்பால்) Miscellaneous
When farming, agriculture or honest labour.
Suzhandrumerp Pinnadhu Ulakam AdhanaalUzhandhum Uzhave Thalai
Agriculture, though laborious, is the most excellent (form of labour); for people, though they go about (in search of various employments), have at last to resort to the farmer
Howe'er they roam, the world must follow still the plougher's team; Though toilsome, culture of the ground as noblest toil esteem
G. U. Pope, 1886
Uzhuvaar Ulakaththaarkku Aaniaq ThaatraadhuEzhuvaarai Ellaam Poruththu
Agriculturists are (as it were) the linch-pin of the world for they support all other workers who cannot till the soil
The ploughers are the linch-pin of the world; they bearThem up who other works perform, too weak its toils to share
G. U. Pope, 1886
Uzhudhuntu Vaazhvaare Vaazhvaarmar RellaamThozhudhuntu Pinsel Pavar
They alone live who live by agriculture; all others lead a cringing, dependent life
Who ploughing eat their food, they truly live:The rest to others bend subservient, eating what they give
G. U. Pope, 1886
Palakutai Neezhalum Thangutaikkeezhk KaanparAlakutai Neezha Lavar
Patriotic farmers desire to bring all other states under the control of their own king
O'er many a land they 'll see their monarch reign, Whose fields are shaded by the waving grain
G. U. Pope, 1886
Iravaar Irappaarkkondru Eevar KaravaadhuKaiseydhoon Maalai Yavar
Those whose nature is to live by manual labour will never beg but give something to those who beg
They nothing ask from others, but to askers give, Who raise with their own hands the food on which they live
G. U. Pope, 1886
Uzhavinaar Kaimmatangin Illai VizhaivadhooumVittemen Paarkkum Nilai
If the farmer's hands are slackened, even the ascetic state will fail
For those who 've left what all men love no place is found, When they with folded hands remain who till the ground
G. U. Pope, 1886
Thotippuzhudhi Kaqsaa Unakkin PitiththeruvumVentaadhu Saalap Patum
If the land is dried so as to reduce one ounce of earth to a quarter, it will grow plentifully even without a handful of manure
Reduce your soil to that dry state, When ounce is quarter-ounce's weight; Without one handful of manure, Abundant crops you thus secure
G. U. Pope, 1886
Erinum Nandraal Eruvitudhal KattapinNeerinum Nandradhan Kaappu
Manuring is better than ploughing; after weeding, watching is better than watering (it)
To cast manure is better than to plough; Weed well; to guard is more than watering now
G. U. Pope, 1886
Sellaan Kizhavan Iruppin NilampulandhuIllaalin Ooti Vitum
If the owner does not (personally) attend to his cultivation, his land will behave like an angry wife and yield him no pleasure
When master from the field aloof hath stood; Then land will sulk, like wife in angry mood
G. U. Pope, 1886
Ilamendru Asaii Iruppaaraik KaaninNilamennum Nallaal Nakum
The maiden, Earth, will laugh at the sight of those who plead poverty and lead an idle life
The earth, that kindly dame, will laugh to see, Men seated idle pleading poverty
G. U. Pope, 1886
