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Chapter 101: நன்றியில் செல்வம்

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 101

Kural 1010

நன்றியில் செல்வம்

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

சீருடைச் செல்வர் சிறுதுனி மாரி வறங்கூர்ந் தனையது உடைத்து.

Seerutaich Chelvar Sirudhuni Maari Varangoorn Thanaiyadhu Utaiththu

“The brief want of the rich benign Is like rainclouds growing thin”

'Tis as when rain cloud in the heaven grows day,When generous wealthy man endures brief poverty

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Kural #1010

The Clouds and the Rain

The story illustrates that for a person of great character, financial loss is a transient phase, just as clouds temporarily hide the sky. The short-lived poverty of those who are noble and rich is like the clouds becoming poor (for a while)

8–14 yr 2 min