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Thirukkural 213

Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல் (Duty to Society) · Virtue

Kural 213

புத்தே ளுலகத்தும் ஈண்டும் பெறலரிதே
ஒப்புரவின் நல்ல பிற.

Puththe Lulakaththum Eentum Peralaridhe
Oppuravin Nalla Pira

To 'due beneficence' no equal good we know, Amid the happy gods, or in this world below

Meaning

It is difficult to obtain another good equal to benevolence either in this world or in that of the gods.

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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