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Thirukkural 104

Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல் (Gratitude) · Virtue

Kural 104

தினைத்துணை நன்றி செயினும் பனைத்துணையாக்
கொள்வர் பயன்தெரி வார்.

Thinaiththunai Nandri Seyinum Panaiththunaiyaak
Kolvar Payandheri Vaar

Each benefit to those of actions' fruit who rightly deem, Though small as millet-seed, as palm-tree vast will seem

Meaning

Though the benefit conferred be as small as a millet seed, those who know its advantage will consider it as large as a palmyra fruit.

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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