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Thirukkural 526

Chapter 53: சுற்றந் தழால் (Cherishing Kinsmen) · Wealth

Kural 526

பெருங்கொடையான் பேணான் வெகுளி அவனின்
மருங்குடையார் மாநிலத்து இல்.

Perungotaiyaan Penaan Vekuli Avanin
Marungutaiyaar Maanilaththu Il

Than one who gifts bestows and wrath restrains, Through the wide world none larger following gains

Meaning

No one, in all the world, will have so many relatives (about him), as he who makes large gift, and does not give way to anger.

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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