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Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 22

Kural 219

ஒப்புரவறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

நயனுடையான் நல்கூர்ந்தா னாதல் செயும்நீர செய்யாது அமைகலா வாறு.

Nayanutaiyaan Nalkoorndhaa Naadhal Seyumneera Seyyaadhu Amaikalaa Vaaru

“The good man's poverty and grief Is want of means to give relief”

The kindly-hearted man is poor in this alone,When power of doing deeds of goodness he finds none

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Kural #219

The True Wealth of Somu

The story illustrates that being 'poor' is not a lack of money, but a lack of the capacity or willingness to be benevolent, as per the Kural. The poverty of a benevolent man, is nothing but his inability to exercise the same

8–14 yr 2 min