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Thirukkural 1002

Chapter 101: நன்றியில் செல்வம் (Wealth without Benefaction) · Wealth

Kural 1002

பொருளானாம் எல்லாமென்று ஈயாது இவறும்
மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு

Porulaanaam Ellaamendru Eeyaadhu Ivarum
Marulaanaam Maanaap Pirappu

Who giving nought, opines from wealth all blessing springs, Degraded birth that doting miser's folly brings

Meaning

He who knows that wealth yields every pleasure and yet is so blind as to lead miserly life will be born a demon.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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