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Thirukkural 263

Kural 263

துறந்தார்க்குத் துப்புரவு வேண்டி மறந்தார்கொல்
மற்றை யவர்கள் தவம்.

Thurandhaarkkuth Thuppuravu Venti Marandhaarkol
Matrai Yavarkal Thavam

Have other men forgotten 'penitence' who striveTo earn for penitents the things by which they live

Meaning

It is to provide food etc, for the ascetics who have abandoned (the desire of earthly possessions) that other persons have forgotten (to practise) austerity ?

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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