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Thirukkural 1010

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

Kural 1010

சீருடைச் செல்வர் சிறுதுனி மாரி
வறங்கூர்ந் தனையது உடைத்து.

Seerutaich Chelvar Sirudhuni Maari
Varangoorn Thanaiyadhu Utaiththu

'Tis as when rain cloud in the heaven grows day, When generous wealthy man endures brief poverty

Meaning

The short-lived poverty of those who are noble and rich is like the clouds becoming poor (for a while).

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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