Chapter 103: Advancing the Community
Kural 1021
No greater dignity exists than when a man resolutely declares,
"I will never cease in laboring to fulfill my karmas."
Kural 1022
One prolongs his clan by prolonged exertion in
both perseverance and sound understanding.
Kural 1023
When a man vows to advance his community,
God Himself will wrap His robes and lead the way.
Kural 1024
When a man's effort to raise his community high is unremitting,
his work will prosper on its own, even if he makes no plans.
Kural 1025
The world will surround and befriend him
who, without fault, lives to advance his community.
Kural 1026
It is said that true manliness consists in becoming
head and provider of the clan one was born into.
Kural 1027
As on a battlefield the burden falls upon the brave,
in the community weight is carried by the most competent.
Kural 1028
Those seeking to improve their clan await no season,
for delays and undue regard for dignity will destroy it.
Kural 1029
When a man shields his family from every suffering,
doesn't his body become a vessel filled with their afflictions?
Kural 1030
Without good men to hold it up, the family home will fall
the moment misfortune's axe comes down.