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Chapter 23: ஈகை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 23

Kural 229

ஈகை

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திருக்குறள்

இரத்தலின் இன்னாது மன்ற நிரப்பிய தாமே தமியர் உணல்.

Iraththalin Innaadhu Mandra Nirappiya Thaame Thamiyar Unal

“Worse than begging is that boarding Alone what one's greed is hoarding”

They keep their garners full, for self alone the board they spread;-'Tis greater pain, be sure, than begging daily bread

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Kural #229

The Secret of the Sweetest Meal

The story illustrates that eating only to satisfy one's own hunger without sharing is a hollow experience. Solitary and unshared eating for the sake of filling up one's own riches is certainly much more

8–14 yr 2 min