KURAL 16

visumbin thulliveezhin allalmatr traange

pasumpul thalaikaanba tharidu

split: visumbin thuli veezhin allal matru aange

pasum pul thalai kaanbu arithu

If clouds do not shed drops of rain,

even blades of grass cannot shoot up.

The blades of grass are one of the lowest forms of plant life, even they cant sustain unless the rains fall.