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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 1031
Wherever it may wander, the world must follow the farmer.
Thus despite all its hardships, farming is the most esteemed work.
Verse 1032
Farmers are the linchpin of the world, for they support all those
Who take to other work, not having the strength to plow.
Verse 1033
Those who cultivate their food live in self-sufficiency.
All others follow them and subsist in self-made dependence.
Verse 1034
Those in the shade of abundant sheaves of grain
Will see many nations overshadowed by their own.
Verse 1035
Those who eat food harvested with their own hands will
Never beg and never refuse a beggar's outstretched palm.
Verse 1036
When those who plough the fields stand idly with folded arms,
Even completely desireless ascetics will not subsist.
Verse 1037
If soil is dried so one ounce become one-quarter ounce,
Abundant yields will not require a single handful of fertilizer.
Verse 1038
It's better to fertilize than to furrow a field.
Having weeded, it's better to watch a field than to water it.
Verse 1039
If the lord of the land fails to visit his fields,
They will sulk (I think) as surely as a neglected wife.
Verse 1040
Mother Earth laughs to herself when she sees the slothful
Pleading poverty and crying, "Alas, I have nothing to eat."
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