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Thirukkural 88

Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல் (Hospitality) · Virtue

Kural 88

பரிந்தோம்பிப் பற்றற்றேம் என்பர் விருந்தோம்பி
வேள்வி தலைப்படா தார்.

Parindhompip Patratrem Enpar Virundhompi
Velvi Thalaippataa Thaar

With pain they guard their stores, yet 'All forlorn are we,' they'll cry, Who cherish not their guests, nor kindly help supply

Meaning

Those who have taken no part in the benevolence of hospitality shall (at length lament) saying, "we have laboured and laid up wealth and are now without support."

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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