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Thirukkural 232

Kural 232

உரைப்பார் உரைப்பவை எல்லாம் இரப்பார்க்கொன்று
ஈவார்மேல் நிற்கும் புகழ்.

Uraippaar Uraippavai Ellaam Irappaarkkondru
Eevaarmel Nirkum Pukazh

The speech of all that speak agrees to crownThe men that give to those that ask, with fair renown

Meaning

Whatsoever is spoken in the world will abide as praise upon that man who gives alms to the poor.

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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