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Thirukkural 249

Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை (Compassion) · Virtue

Kural 249

தெருளாதான் மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டற்றால் தேரின்
அருளாதான் செய்யும் அறம்.

Therulaadhaan Meypporul Kantatraal Therin
Arulaadhaan Seyyum Aram

When souls unwise true wisdom's mystic vision see, The 'graceless' man may work true works of charity

Meaning

If you consider, the virtue of him who is without kindness is like the perception of the true being by him who is without wisdom.

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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