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Thirukkural 987

Chapter 99: சான்றாண்மை (Perfectness) · Wealth

Kural 987

இன்னாசெய் தார்க்கும் இனியவே செய்யாக்கால்
என்ன பயத்ததோ சால்பு.

Innaasey Thaarkkum Iniyave Seyyaakkaal
Enna Payaththadho Saalpu

What fruit doth your perfection yield you, say!Unless to men who work you ill good repay

Meaning

Of what avail is perfect goodness if it cannot do pleasing things even to those who have pained (it) ?

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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