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Thirukkural 1054

Kural 1054

இரத்தலும் ஈதலே போலும் கரத்தல்
கனவிலும் தேற்றாதார் மாட்டு.

Iraththalum Eedhale Polum Karaththal
Kanavilum Thetraadhaar Maattu

Like giving alms, may even asking pleasant seem, From men who of denial never even dream

Meaning

To beg of such as never think of withholding (their charity) even in their dreams, is in fact the same as giving (it oneself);.

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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