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Thirukkural 227

Kural 227

பாத்தூண் மரீஇ யவனைப் பசியென்னும்
தீப்பிணி தீண்டல் அரிது.

Paaththoon Mareei Yavanaip Pasiyennum
Theeppini Theental Aridhu

Whose soul delights with hungry men to share his meal, The hand of hunger's sickness sore shall never feel

Meaning

The fiery disease of hunger shall never touch him who habitually distributes his food to 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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