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Thirukkural 837

Kural 837

ஏதிலார் ஆரத் தமர்பசிப்பர் பேதை
பெருஞ்செல்வம் உற்றக் கடை.

Edhilaar Aarath Thamarpasippar Pedhai
Perunjelvam Utrak Katai

When fools are blessed with fortune's bounteous store, Their foes feed full, their friends are prey to hunger sore

Meaning

If a fool happens to get an immense fortune, his neighbours will enjoy it while his relations starve.

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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