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Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 22

Kural 220

ஒப்புரவறிதல்

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

ஒப்புரவி னால்வரும் கேடெனின் அஃதொருவன் விற்றுக்கோள் தக்க துடைத்து.

Oppuravi Naalvarum Ketenin Aqdhoruvan Vitrukkol Thakka Thutaiththu

“By good if ruin comes across Sell yourself to save that loss”

Though by 'beneficence,' the loss of all should come,'Twere meet man sold himself, and bought it with the sum

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Kural #220

The Price of Kindness

The story illustrates that even if helping others results in personal loss, that loss is a worthy price to pay for virtue. If it be said that loss will result from benevolence, such loss is worth being procured even by the sale of one's self

6–10 yr 1 min