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Thirukkural 105

Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல் (Gratitude) · Virtue

Kural 105

உதவி வரைத்தன்று உதவி உதவி
செயப்பட்டார் சால்பின் வரைத்து.

Udhavi Varaiththandru Udhavi Udhavi
Seyappattaar Saalpin Varaiththu

The kindly aid's extent is of its worth no measure true; Its worth is as the worth of him to whom the act you do

Meaning

The benefit itself is not the measure of the benefit; the worth of those who have received it is its measure.

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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