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Thirukkural 216

Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல் (Duty to Society) · Virtue

Kural 216

பயன்மரம் உள்ளூர்ப் பழுத்தற்றால் செல்வம்
நயனுடை யான்கண் படின்.

Payanmaram Ulloorp Pazhuththatraal Selvam
Nayanutai Yaankan Patin

A tree that fruits in th' hamlet's central mart, Is wealth that falls to men of liberal heart

Meaning

The wealth of a man (possessed of the virtue) of benevolence is like the ripening of a fruitful tree in the midst of a town.

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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