The Way of Building a Family Name
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cūḻāmaṟ ṟāṉē muṭiveytun taṅkuṭiyait / tāḻā tuñaṟṟu pavarkku.
For those who work at their own household without putting it off, the finish arrives of itself, and the way to it never has to be devised.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“Who labours for his race with unremitting pain, / Without a thought spontaneously, his end will gain.”
“Behold the men that remit not in their exertions to raise high their family: the work of their hands will prosper of itself even if they make no elaborate plans therefor.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
தம் குடியைத் தாழாது உஞற்றுபவர்க்கு= தம் குடிக்கு ஆம் வினையை விரைந்து முயல்வார்க்கு; சூழாமல் தானே முடிவு எய்தும்= அவ்வினை முடிக்குந்திறம் அவர் சூழவேண்டாமல் தானே முடிவு எய்தும்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
For those who set about their household's work without delay, the way it will finish need not be devised by them; it reaches its finish of itself.