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Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 11

Kural 104

செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

தினைத்துணை நன்றி செயினும் பனைத்துணையாக் கொள்வர் பயன்தெரி வார்.

Thinaiththunai Nandri Seyinum Panaiththunaiyaak Kolvar Payandheri Vaar

“Help given though millet-small Knowers count its good palm-tree tall”

Each benefit to those of actions' fruit who rightly deem,Though small as millet-seed, as palm-tree vast will seem

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Kural #104

The Tiny Pencil and the Great Heart

The story illustrates how a small gift (millet seed) is perceived as a great blessing (palmyra fruit) by those who truly need it. Though the benefit conferred be as small as a millet seed, those who know its advantage will consider it as large as a palmyra fruit

8–14 yr 2 min