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Thirukkural 1004

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

Kural 1004

எச்சமென்று என்எண்ணுங் கொல்லோ ஒருவரால்
நச்சப் படாஅ தவன்.

Echchamendru Enennung Kollo Oruvaraal
Nachchap Pataaa Thavan

Whom no one loves, when he shall pass away, What doth he look to leave behind, I pray

Meaning

What will the miser who is not liked (by any one) regard as his own (in the world to come) ?

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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