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Thirukkural 757

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

Kural 757

அருளென்னும் அன்பீன் குழவி பொருளென்னும்
செல்வச் செவிலியால் உண்டு.

Arulennum Anpeen Kuzhavi Porulennum
Selvach Cheviliyaal Untu

'Tis love that kindliness as offspring bears:And wealth as bounteous nurse the infant rears

Meaning

The child mercy which is borne by love grows under the care of the rich nurse of wealth.

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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