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Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 11

Kural 105

செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

உதவி வரைத்தன்று உதவி உதவி செயப்பட்டார் சால்பின் வரைத்து.

Udhavi Varaiththandru Udhavi Udhavi Seyappattaar Saalpin Varaiththu

“A help is not the help's measure It is gainer's worth and pleasure”

The kindly aid's extent is of its worth no measure true;Its worth is as the worth of him to whom the act you do

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Kural #105

The True Value of a Gift

The story illustrates that the true measure of a benefit is the character and growth of the recipient, reflecting the Kural's teaching. The benefit itself is not the measure of the benefit; the worth of those who have received it is its measure

8–14 yr 2 min