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Thirukkural 1051

Kural 1051

இரக்க இரத்தக்கார்க் காணின் கரப்பின்
அவர்பழி தம்பழி அன்று.

Irakka Iraththakkaark Kaanin Karappin
Avarpazhi Thampazhi Andru

When those you find from whom 'tis meet to ask,- for aid apply; Theirs is the sin, not yours, if they the gift deny

Meaning

If you meet with those that may be begged of, you may beg; (but) if they withhold (their gift) it is their blame and not yours.

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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