Purananuru - Part 327
After he gave what he owed to the creditors who besieged him,
whatever was left to him of his small low-yielding harvest
of millet that required only the stamping feet of boys
rather than buffaloes for its threshing was eaten up
by hungry bards. Then, since no one came to his gate,
in order to soothe the poverty of his family he told
low men what he needed and borrowed millet—
that man of worth has the strength to repel advancing kings!
whatever was left to him of his small low-yielding harvest
of millet that required only the stamping feet of boys
rather than buffaloes for its threshing was eaten up
by hungry bards. Then, since no one came to his gate,
in order to soothe the poverty of his family he told
low men what he needed and borrowed millet—
that man of worth has the strength to repel advancing kings!
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