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Thirukkural 229

Kural 229

இரத்தலின் இன்னாது மன்ற நிரப்பிய
தாமே தமியர் உணல்.

Iraththalin Innaadhu Mandra Nirappiya
Thaame Thamiyar Unal

They keep their garners full, for self alone the board they spread;-'Tis greater pain, be sure, than begging daily bread

Meaning

Solitary and unshared eating for the sake of filling up one's own riches is certainly much more.

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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