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Thirukkural 755

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

Kural 755

அருளொடும் அன்பொடும் வாராப் பொருளாக்கம்
புல்லார் புரள விடல்.

Arulotum Anpotum Vaaraap Porulaakkam
Pullaar Purala Vital

Wealth gained by loss of love and grace, Let man cast off from his embrace

Meaning

(Kings) should rather avoid than seek the accumulation of wealth which does not flow in with mercy and love.

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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