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Thirukkural 521

Chapter 53: சுற்றந் தழால் (Cherishing Kinsmen) · Wealth

Kural 521

பற்றற்ற கண்ணும் பழைமைபா ராட்டுதல்
சுற்றத்தார் கண்ணே உள.

Patratra Kannum Pazhaimaipaa Raattudhal
Sutraththaar Kanne Ula

When wealth is fled, old kindness still to show, Is kindly grace that only kinsmen know

Meaning

Even when (a man's) property is all gone, relatives will act towards him with their accustomed (kindness).

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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