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Thirukkural 651

Chapter 66: வினைத் தூய்மை (Purity in Action) · Wealth

Kural 651

துணைநலம் ஆக்கம் த்ருஉம் வினைநலம்
வேண்டிய எல்லாந் தரும்.

Thunainalam Aakkam Tharuum Vinainalam
Ventiya Ellaan Tharum

The good external help confers is worldly gain; By action good men every needed gift obtain

Meaning

The efficacy of support will yield (only) wealth; (but) the efficacy of action will yield all that is desired.

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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