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Thirukkural 107

Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல் (Gratitude) · Virtue

Kural 107

எழுமை எழுபிறப்பும் உள்ளுவர் தங்கண்
விழுமந் துடைத்தவர் நட்பு.

Ezhumai Ezhupirappum Ulluvar Thangan
Vizhuman Thutaiththavar Natpu

Through all seven worlds, in seven-fold birth, Remains in mem'ry of the wiseFriendship of those who wiped on earth, The tears of sorrow from their eyes

Meaning

(The wise) will remember throughout their seven-fold births the love of those who have wiped away their affliction.

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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