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Thirukkural 1050

Chapter 105: நல்குரவு (Poverty) · Wealth

Kural 1050

துப்புர வில்லார் துவரத் துறவாமை
உப்பிற்கும் காடிக்கும் கூற்று.

Thuppura Villaar Thuvarath Thuravaamai
Uppirkum Kaatikkum Kootru

Unless the destitute will utterly themselves deny, They cause their neighbour's salt and vinegar to die

Meaning

The destitute poor, who do not renounce their bodies, only consume their neighbour's salt and water.

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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