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Thirukkural 752

Chapter 76: பொருள் செயல்வகை (Way of Accumulating Wealth) · Wealth

Kural 752

இல்லாரை எல்லாரும் எள்ளுவர் செல்வரை
எல்லாரும் செய்வர் சிறப்பு.

Illaarai Ellaarum Elluvar Selvarai
Ellaarum Seyvar Sirappu

Those who have nought all will despise; All raise the wealthy to the skies

Meaning

All despise the poor; (but) all praise the rich.

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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