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Thirukkural 1008

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

Kural 1008

நச்சப் படாதவன் செல்வம் நடுவூருள்
நச்சு மரம்பழுத் தற்று.

Nachchap Pataadhavan Selvam Natuvoorul
Nachchu Marampazhuth Thatru

When he whom no man loves exults in great prosperity,'Tis as when fruits in midmost of the town some poisonous tree

Meaning

The wealth of him who is disliked (by all) is like the fruit-bearing of the etty tree in the midst of a town.

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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