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Chapter 107: இரவச்சம்

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 107

Kural 1069

இரவச்சம்

Position 9/10

திருக்குறள்

இரவுள்ள உள்ளம் உருகும் கரவுள்ள உள்ளதூஉம் இன்றிக் கெடும்.

Iravulla Ullam Urukum Karavulla Ulladhooum Indrik Ketum

“The heart at thought of beggars melts; It dies at repulsing insults”

The heart will melt away at thought of beggary,With thought of stern repulse 'twill perish utterly

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Kural #1069

Kari's Dignity

The story illustrates how the shame of mendicancy and the pain of rejection are two sides of the same emotional struggle mentioned in the Kural. To think of (the evil of) begging is enough to melt one's heart; but to think of refusal is enough to break it

8–14 yr 2 min