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Thirukkural 525

Chapter 53: சுற்றந் தழால் (Cherishing Kinsmen) · Wealth

Kural 525

கொடுத்தலும் இன்சொலும் ஆற்றின் அடுக்கிய
சுற்றத்தால் சுற்றப் படும்.

Kotuththalum Insolum Aatrin Atukkiya
Sutraththaal Sutrap Patum

Who knows the use of pleasant words, and liberal gifts can give, Connections, heaps of them, surrounding him shall live

Meaning

He will be surrounded by numerous relatives who manifests generosity and affability.

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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