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Chapter 101: நன்றியில் செல்வம்

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 101

Kural 1007

நன்றியில் செல்வம்

Position 7/10

திருக்குறள்

அற்றார்க்கொன்று ஆற்றாதான் செல்வம் மிகநலம் பெற்றாள் தமியள்மூத் தற்று.

Atraarkkondru Aatraadhaan Selvam Mikanalam Petraal Thamiyalmooth Thatru

“Who loaths to help have-nots, his gold Is like a spinster-belle grown old”

Like woman fair in lonelihood who aged grows,Is wealth of him on needy men who nought bestows

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Kural #1007

The Empty Treasure

The story illustrates that wealth without charity is hollow and lonely, much like the Kural's metaphor. The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband

6–10 yr 1 min