குறள் 473

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Utaiththam Valiyariyaar Ookkaththin OokkiItaikkan Murindhaar Palar

Ill-deeming of their proper powers, have many monarchs striven,And midmost of unequal conflict fallen asunder riven

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There are many who, ignorant of their (want of) power (to meet it), have haughtily set out to war, and broken down in the midst of it