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Thirukkural 1060

Kural 1060

இரப்பான் வெகுளாமை வேண்டும் நிரப்பிடும்பை
தானேயும் சாலும் கரி.

Irappaan Vekulaamai Ventum Nirappitumpai
Thaaneyum Saalum Kari

Askers refused from wrath must stand aloof; The plague of poverty itself is ample proof

Meaning

He who begs ought not to be angry (at a refusal); for even the misery of (his own) poverty should be a sufficient reason (for so doing).

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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