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Thirukkural 125

Chapter 13: அடக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Self-restraint) · Virtue

Kural 125

எல்லார்க்கும் நன்றாம் பணிதல் அவருள்ளும்
செல்வர்க்கே செல்வம் தகைத்து.

Ellaarkkum Nandraam Panidhal Avarullum
Selvarkke Selvam Thakaiththu

To all humility is goodly grace; but chief to themWith fortune blessed, -'tis fortune's diadem

Meaning

Humility is good in all; but especially in the rich it is (the excellence of) higher riches.

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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