Browse and Search Thirukkural
Welcome to TamilCube’s Thirukkural Search and Browse. Here, you can search Thirukkural couplets and the Tamil and English commentaries in English or Tamil. You can browse all the Thirukkural couplets chapterwise as well.
Kural 534
பொச்சாவாமை
Unforgetfulness
அச்ச முடையார்க்கு அரணில்லை ஆங்கில்லை
பொச்சாப் புடையார்க்கு நன்கு.
Achcha Mutaiyaarkku Aranillai Aangillai / Pochchaap Putaiyaarkku Nanku
English
The fearful find no fortress here The forgetful find good never
— 'To cowards is no fort's defence'; e'en soThe self-oblivious men no blessing know
Just as the coward has no defence (by whatever fortifications ha may be surrounded), so the thoughtless has no good (whatever advantages he may possess)