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Thirukkural 753

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

Kural 753

பொருளென்னும் பொய்யா விளக்கம் இருளறுக்கும்
எண்ணிய தேயத்துச் சென்று.

Porulennum Poiyaa Vilakkam Irularukkum
Enniya Theyaththuch Chendru

Wealth, the lamp unfailing, speeds to every land, Dispersing darkness at its lord's command

Meaning

The imperishable light of wealth goes into regions desired (by its owner) and destroys the darkness (of enmity therein).

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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