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Thirukkural 228

Kural 228

ஈத்துவக்கும் இன்பம் அறியார்கொல் தாமுடைமை
வைத்திழக்கும் வன்க ணவர்.

Eeththuvakkum Inpam Ariyaarkol Thaamutaimai
Vaiththizhakkum Vanka Navar

Delight of glad'ning human hearts with gifts do they not know.Men of unpitying eye, who hoard their wealth and lose it so

Meaning

Do the hard-eyed who lay up and lose their possessions not know the happiness which springs from the pleasure of giving ?

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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