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Thirukkural 217

Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல் (Duty to Society) · Virtue

Kural 217

மருந்தாகித் தப்பா மரத்தற்றால் செல்வம்
பெருந்தகை யான்கண் படின்.

Marundhaakith Thappaa Maraththatraal Selvam
Perundhakai Yaankan Patin

Unfailing tree that healing balm distils from every part, Is ample wealth that falls to him of large and noble heart

Meaning

If wealth be in the possession of a man who has the great excellence (of benevolence), it is like a tree which as a medicine is an infallible cure for disease.

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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