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Thirukkural 1061

Chapter 107: இரவச்சம் (The Dread of Mendicancy) · Wealth

Kural 1061

கரவாது உவந்தீயும் கண்ணன்னார் கண்ணும்
இரவாமை கோடி உறும்.

Karavaadhu Uvandheeyum Kannannaar Kannum
Iravaamai Koti Urum

Ten million-fold 'tis greater gain, asking no alms to live, Even from those, like eyes in worth, who nought concealing gladly give

Meaning

Not to beg (at all) even from those excellent persons who cheerfully give without refusing, will do immense good.

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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