Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Royalty (அரசியல்) — Manly Effort (ஆள்வினையுடைமை)

Kural 611:
அருமை உடைத்தென்று அசாவாமை வேண்டும்
பெருமை முயற்சி தரும்.
arumai udaiththendru asaavaamai vaeNdum
perumai muyaRchi tharum
English couplet:
Say not, 'Tis hard', in weak, desponding hour,
For strenuous effort gives prevailing power.
Explanation: Yield not to the feebleness which says, "this is too difficult to be done"; labour will give the greatness (of mind) which is necessary (to do it).

Kural 612:
வினைக்கண் வினைகெடல் ஓம்பல் வினைக்குறை
தீர்ந்தாரின் தீர்ந்தன்று உலகு.
vinaikkaN vinaiketal Ompal vinaikkuRai
theerndhaarin theerndhandru ulagu
English couplet:
In action be thou, 'ware of act's defeat;
The world leaves those who work leave incomplete!.
Explanation: Take care not to give up exertion in the midst of a work; the world will abandon those who abandon their unfinished work.

Kural 613:
தாளாண்மை என்னும் தகைமைக்கண் தங்கிற்றே
வேளாண்மை என்னுஞ் செருக்கு.
thaaLaaNmai ennum thakaimaikkaN thangitrae
vaeLaaNmai ennunhj serukku
English couplet:
In strenuous effort doth reside
The power of helping others: noble pride!.
Explanation: The lustre of munificence will dwell only with the dignity of laboriousness or efforts.

Kural 614:
தாளாண்மை இல்லாதான் வேளாண்மை பேடிகை
வாளாண்மை போலக் கெடும்.
thaaLaaNmai illaadhaan vaeLaaNmai paetikai
vaaLaaNmai poalak kedum
English couplet:
Beneficent intent in men by whom no strenuous work is wrought,
Like battle-axe in sexless being's hand availeth nought.
Explanation: The liberality of him, who does not labour, will fail, like the manliness of a hermaphrodite, who has a sword in its hand.

Kural 615:
இன்பம் விழையான் வினைவிழைவான் தன்கேளிர்
துன்பம் துடைத்தூன்றும் தூண்.
inpam vizhaiyaan vinaivizhaivaan than-kaeLir
thunpam thutaiththoondrum thooN
English couplet:
Whose heart delighteth not in pleasure, but in action finds delight,
He wipes away his kinsmen's grief and stands the pillar of their might.
Explanation: He who desires not pleasure, but desires labour, will be a pillar to sustain his relations, wiping away their sorrows.

Kural 616:
முயற்சி திருவினை ஆக்கும் முயற்றின்மை
இன்மை புகுத்தி விடும்.
muyaRchi thiruvinai aakkum muyatrinmai
inmai pukuththi vidum
English couplet:
Effort brings fortune's sure increase,
Its absence brings to nothingness.
Explanation: Labour will produce wealth; idleness will bring poverty.

Kural 617:
மடியுளாள் மாமுகடி என்ப மடியிலான்
தாளுளான் தாமரையி னாள்.
matiyuLaaL maamukati enpa matiyilaan
thaaLuLaan thaamaraiyi naaL
English couplet:
In sluggishness is seen misfortune's lurid form, the wise declare;
Where man unslothful toils, she of the lotus flower is there!.
Explanation: They say that the black Mudevi (the goddess of adversity) dwells with laziness, and the Latchmi (the goddess of prosperity) dwells with the labour of the industrious.

Kural 618:
பொறியின்மை யார்க்கும் பழியன்று அறிவறிந்து
ஆள்வினை இன்மை பழி.
poRiyinmai yaarkkum pazhiyandru aRivaRindhu
aaLvinai inmai pazhi
English couplet:
'Tis no reproach unpropitious fate should ban;
But not to do man's work is foul disgrace to man!.
Explanation: Adverse fate is no disgrace to any one; to be without exertion and without knowing what should be known, is disgrace.

Kural 619:
தெய்வத்தான் ஆகா தெனினும் முயற்சிதன்
மெய்வருத்தக் கூலி தரும்.
theyvaththaan aakaa theninum muyaRchidhan
meyvaruththak kooli tharum
English couplet:
Though fate-divine should make your labour vain;
Effort its labour's sure reward will gain.
Explanation: Although it be said that, through fate, it cannot be attained, yet labour, with bodily exertion, will yield its reward.

Kural 620:
ஊழையும் உப்பக்கம் காண்பர் உலைவின்றித்
தாழாது உஞற்று பவர்.
oozhaiyum uppakkam kaaNpar ulaivindrith
thaazhaadhu uGnatru pavar
English couplet:
Who strive with undismayed, unfaltering mind,
At length shall leave opposing fate behind.
Explanation: They who labour on, without fear and without fainting will see even fate (put) behind their back.