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Thirukkural 754

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

Kural 754

அறன்ஈனும் இன்பமும் ஈனும் திறனறிந்து
தீதின்றி வந்த பொருள்.

Araneenum Inpamum Eenum Thiranarindhu
Theedhindri Vandha Porul

Their wealth, who blameless means can use aright, Is source of virtue and of choice delight

Meaning

The wealth acquired with a knowledge of the proper means and without foul practices will yield virtue and happiness.

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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