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Thirukkural 86

Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல் (Hospitality) · Virtue

Kural 86

செல்விருந்து ஓம்பி வருவிருந்து பார்த்திருப்பான்
நல்வருந்து வானத் தவர்க்கு.

Selvirundhu Ompi Varuvirundhu Paarththiruppaan
Nalvarundhu Vaanath Thavarkku

The guest arrived he tends, the coming guest expects to see; To those in heavenly homes that dwell a welcome guest is he

Meaning

He who, having entertained the guests that have come, looks out for others who may yet come, will be a welcome guest to the inhabitants of heaven.

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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