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Thirukkural 89

Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல் (Hospitality) · Virtue

Kural 89

உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா
மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.

Utaimaiyul Inmai Virundhompal Ompaa
Matamai Matavaarkan Untu

To turn from guests is penury, though worldly goods abound;'Tis senseless folly, only with the senseless found

Meaning

That stupidity which excercises no hospitality is poverty in the midst of wealth It is the property of the stupid.

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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