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Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 25

Kural 248

அருளுடைமை

Position 8/10

திருக்குறள்

பொருளற்றார் பூப்பர் ஒருகால் அருளற்றார் அற்றார்மற் றாதல் அரிது.

Porulatraar Pooppar Orukaal Arulatraar Atraarmar Raadhal Aridhu

“The wealthless may prosper one day; The graceless never bloom agay”

Who lose the flower of wealth, when seasons change, again may bloom;Who lose 'benevolence', lose all; nothing can change their doom

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Kural #248

The Wealth of the Heart

The story illustrates that financial loss is temporary, but the loss of compassion is an irreversible state of being destitute. Those who are without wealth may, at some future time, become prosperous; those who are destitute of kindness are utterly destitute; for them there is no change

8–14 yr 1 min