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Thirukkural 166

Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை (Not Envying) · Virtue

Kural 166

கொடுப்பது அழுக்கறுப்பான் சுற்றம் உடுப்பதூஉம்
உண்பதூஉம் இன்றிக் கெடும்.

Kotuppadhu Azhukkaruppaan Sutram Utuppadhooum
Unpadhooum Indrik Ketum

Who scans good gifts to others given with envious eye, His kin, with none to clothe or feed them, surely die

Meaning

He who is envious at a gift (made to another) will with his relations utterly perish destitute of food and rainment.

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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