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Thirukkural 225

Kural 225

ஆற்றுவார் ஆற்றல் பசிஆற்றல் அப்பசியை
மாற்றுவார் ஆற்றலின் பின்.

Aatruvaar Aatral Pasiaatral Appasiyai
Maatruvaar Aatralin Pin

'Mid devotees they're great who hunger's pangs sustain, Who hunger's pangs relieve a higher merit gain

Meaning

The power of those who perform penance is the power of enduring hunger It is inferior to the power of those who remove the hunger (of others).

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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