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Thirukkural 218

Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல் (Duty to Society) · Virtue

Kural 218

இடனில் பருவத்தும் ஒப்புரவிற்கு ஒல்கார்
கடனறி காட்சி யவர்.

Itanil Paruvaththum Oppuravirku Olkaar
Katanari Kaatchi Yavar

E'en when resources fall, they weary not of 'kindness due,'-They to whom Duty's self appears in vision true

Meaning

The wise who know what is duty will not scant their benevolence even when they are without wealth.

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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