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Thirukkural 241

Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை (Compassion) · Virtue

Kural 241

அருட்செல்வம் செல்வத்துள் செல்வம் பொருட்செல்வம்
பூரியார் கண்ணும் உள.

Arutchelvam Selvaththul Selvam Porutchelvam
Pooriyaar Kannum Ula

Wealth 'mid wealth is wealth 'kindliness'; Wealth of goods the vilest too possess

Meaning

The wealth of kindness is wealth of wealth, in as much as the wealth of property is possessed by the basest of men.

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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