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Thirukkural 85

Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல் (Hospitality) · Virtue

Kural 85

வித்தும் இடல்வேண்டும் கொல்லோ விருந்தோம்பி
மிச்சில் மிசைவான் புலம்.

Viththum Italventum Kollo Virundhompi
Michchil Misaivaan Pulam

Who first regales his guest, and then himself supplies, O'er all his fields, unsown, shall plenteous harvests rise

Meaning

Is it necessary to sow the field of the man who, having feasted his guests, eats what may remain ?

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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