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Thirukkural 248

Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை (Compassion) · Virtue

Kural 248

பொருளற்றார் பூப்பர் ஒருகால் அருளற்றார்
அற்றார்மற் றாதல் அரிது.

Porulatraar Pooppar Orukaal Arulatraar
Atraarmar Raadhal Aridhu

Who lose the flower of wealth, when seasons change, again may bloom; Who lose 'benevolence', lose all; nothing can change their doom

Meaning

Those who are without wealth may, at some future time, become prosperous; those who are destitute of kindness are utterly destitute; for them there is no change.

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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