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Thirukkural 1035

Kural 1035

இரவார் இரப்பார்க்கொன்று ஈவர் கரவாது
கைசெய்தூண் மாலை யவர்.

Iravaar Irappaarkkondru Eevar Karavaadhu
Kaiseydhoon Maalai Yavar

They nothing ask from others, but to askers give, Who raise with their own hands the food on which they live

Meaning

Those whose nature is to live by manual labour will never beg but give something to those who beg.

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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