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uḻuvā rulakattārk kāṇiyaḵ tāṟṟā / teḻuvārai yellām poṟuttu.
Those who plough are the pin the world's people are fastened to: they bear up everyone who cannot do that work and rises to another trade.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“The ploughers are the linch-pin of the world; they bear / Them up who other works perform, too weak its toils to share.”
“Husbandmen are the linchpin of society: for they support all those that take to other work, not having the strength to plough.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
அஃது ஆற்றாது எழுவாரை எல்லாம் பொறுத்து= அவ்வுழுதலைச் செய்யமாட்டாது பிற தொழில்கள் மேல் செல்வார் யாவரையும் தாங்குதலால்; உழுவார் உலகத்தார்க்கு ஆணி= அது வல்லார் உலகத்தாராகிய தேர்க்கு அச்சாணி ஆவர்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Because they hold up everyone who cannot do that work and takes up another trade, those who plough are the linchpin of the cart that is the world.