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Thirukkural 220

Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல் (Duty to Society) · Virtue

Kural 220

ஒப்புரவி னால்வரும் கேடெனின் அஃதொருவன்
விற்றுக்கோள் தக்க துடைத்து.

Oppuravi Naalvarum Ketenin Aqdhoruvan
Vitrukkol Thakka Thutaiththu

Though by 'beneficence,' the loss of all should come,'Twere meet man sold himself, and bought it with the sum

Meaning

If it be said that loss will result from benevolence, such loss is worth being procured even by the sale of one's self.

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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