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Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 22

Kural 216

ஒப்புரவறிதல்

Position 6/10

திருக்குறள்

பயன்மரம் உள்ளூர்ப் பழுத்தற்றால் செல்வம் நயனுடை யான்கண் படின்.

Payanmaram Ulloorp Pazhuththatraal Selvam Nayanutai Yaankan Patin

“Who plenty gets and plenty gives Is like town-tree teeming with fruits”

A tree that fruits in th' hamlet's central mart,Is wealth that falls to men of liberal heart

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Kural #216

The Tree in the Village Square

The story illustrates that wealth held by a benevolent person serves the community just like a ripe tree in a public space. The wealth of a man (possessed of the virtue) of benevolence is like the ripening of a fruitful tree in the midst of a town

6–10 yr 1 min