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Thirukkural 1005

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

Kural 1005

கொடுப்பதூஉம் துய்ப்பதூஉம் இல்லார்க்கு அடுக்கிய
கோடியுண் டாயினும் இல்.

Kotuppadhooum Thuyppadhooum Illaarkku Atukkiya
Kotiyun Taayinum Il

Amid accumulated millions they are poor, Who nothing give and nought enjoy of all they store

Meaning

Those who neither give (to others) nor enjoy (their property) are (truly) destitute, though possessing immense riches.

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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