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Thirukkural 1007

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

Kural 1007

அற்றார்க்கொன்று ஆற்றாதான் செல்வம் மிகநலம்
பெற்றாள் தமியள்மூத் தற்று.

Atraarkkondru Aatraadhaan Selvam Mikanalam
Petraal Thamiyalmooth Thatru

Like woman fair in lonelihood who aged grows, Is wealth of him on needy men who nought bestows

Meaning

The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband.

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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