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Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 25

Kural 249

அருளுடைமை

Position 9/10

திருக்குறள்

தெருளாதான் மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டற்றால் தேரின் அருளாதான் செய்யும் அறம்.

Therulaadhaan Meypporul Kantatraal Therin Arulaadhaan Seyyum Aram

“Like Truth twisted by confused mind Wisdom is vain in hearts unkind”

When souls unwise true wisdom's mystic vision see,The 'graceless' man may work true works of charity

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Kural #249

The Light of Kindness

The story illustrates that intelligence without empathy is empty, mirroring the Kural's comparison of a heartless person's virtue to the illusions of the ignorant. If you consider, the virtue of him who is without kindness is like the perception of the true being by him who is without wisdom

8–14 yr 1 min