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Thirukkural 480

Chapter 48: வலியறிதல் (The Knowledge of Power) · Wealth

Kural 480

உளவரை தூக்காத ஒப்புர வாண்மை
வளவரை வல்லைக் கெடும்.

Ulavarai Thookkaadha Oppura Vaanmai
Valavarai Vallaik Ketum

Beneficence that measures not its bound of means, Will swiftly bring to nought the wealth on which it leans

Meaning

The measure of his wealth will quickly perish, whose liberality weighs not the measure of his property.

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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