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Thirukkural 1006

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

Kural 1006

ஏதம் பெருஞ்செல்வம் தான்துவ்வான் தக்கார்க்கொன்று
ஈதல் இயல்பிலா தான்.

Edham Perunjelvam Thaandhuvvaan Thakkaarkkondru
Eedhal Iyalpilaa Thaan

Their ample wealth is misery to men of churlish heart, Who nought themselves enjoy, and nought to worthy men impart

Meaning

He who enjoys not (his riches) nor relieves the wants of the worthy is a disease to his wealth.

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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