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Thirukkural 252

Chapter 26: புலால் மறுத்தல் (Abstinence from Flesh) · Virtue

Kural 252

பொருளாட்சி போற்றாதார்க்கு இல்லை அருளாட்சி
ஆங்கில்லை ஊன்தின் பவர்க்கு.

Porulaatchi Potraadhaarkku Illai Arulaatchi
Aangillai Oondhin Pavarkku

No use of wealth have they who guard not their estate; No use of grace have they with flesh who hunger sate

Meaning

As those possess no property who do not take care of it, so those possess no kindness who feed on flesh.

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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