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Thirukkural 19

Chapter 2: வான்சிறப்பு (The Blessing of Rain) · Virtue

Kural 19

தானம் தவம்இரண்டும் தங்கா வியன்உலகம்
வானம் வழங்கா தெனின்.

Thaanam Thavamirantum Thangaa Viyanulakam
Vaanam Vazhangaa Thenin

If heaven its watery treasures ceases to dispense, Through the wide world cease gifts, and deeds of 'penitence'

Meaning

If rain fall not, penance and alms-deeds will not dwell within this spacious world.

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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