{"id":7429,"date":"2017-09-06T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T02:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=7429"},"modified":"2017-08-01T16:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T13:48:32","slug":"tirukular-chapter-38-destiny-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukular-chapter-38-destiny-2","title":{"rendered":"Tirukular. Chapter 38: Destiny."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Section IV: Destiny<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 38: Destiny<\/p>\n<p>Kural 371<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4902 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>When destiny ordains wealth, it gives birth to industriousness.<br \/>\nWhen it decrees a life of loss, it inspires only idleness.<br \/>\nKural 372<\/p>\n<p>That destiny which decreases prosperity increases ignorance.<br \/>\nThat destiny which diminishes loss expands knowledge.<br \/>\nKural 373<\/p>\n<p>However subtle the sundry texts he studies,<br \/>\na man is left with his native intelligence.<br \/>\nKural 374<\/p>\n<p>Two natural ways are ordained in this world.<br \/>\nSecuring wealth is one. Seeking wisdom&#8217;s light is another.<br \/>\nKural 375<\/p>\n<p>In karma&#8217;s presence, sure success with wealth can fail,<br \/>\nand certain failure can succeed.<br \/>\nKural 376<\/p>\n<p>Though you guard it well, what destiny does not decree disappears.<br \/>\nThough you cast it aside, what destiny calls yours will not depart.<br \/>\nKural 377<\/p>\n<p>A man may amass millions, but its enjoyment<br \/>\nwill never exceed the portion allotted to him.<br \/>\nKural 378<\/p>\n<p>The poor are practically ascetics and would renounce if only karma,<br \/>\napproaching with experiences yet to be, would pass them by.<br \/>\nKural 379<\/p>\n<p>Why should those who rejoice when destiny brings them good<br \/>\nmoan when that same destiny decrees misfortune?<br \/>\nKural 380<\/p>\n<p>What is there that is mightier than destiny?<br \/>\nFor it is present even in the plans we devise to overcome it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section IV: Destiny Chapter 38: Destiny Kural 371 When destiny ordains wealth, it gives birth to industriousness. When it decrees a life of loss, it inspires only idleness. Kural 372 That destiny which decreases prosperity increases ignorance. That destiny which diminishes loss expands knowledge. Kural 373 However subtle the sundry texts he studies, a man is left with his native intelligence. Kural 374 Two natural ways are ordained in this world. Securing wealth is one. Seeking wisdom&#8217;s light is another. Kural 375 In karma&#8217;s presence, sure success with wealth can fail, and certain failure can succeed. Kural 376 Though you <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}