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Chapter 53: சுற்றந்தழால்

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 53

Kural 521

சுற்றந்தழால்

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திருக்குறள்

பற்றற்ற கண்ணும் பழைமைபா ராட்டுதல் சுற்றத்தார் கண்ணே உள.

Patratra Kannum Pazhaimaipaa Raattudhal Sutraththaar Kanne Ula

“Let fortunes go; yet kinsmen know The old accustomed love to show”

When wealth is fled, old kindness still to show,Is kindly grace that only kinsmen know

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Kural #521

The Unfading Bond

The story illustrates that kinship remains constant and kind even when a person's material possessions are lost. Even when (a man's) property is all gone, relatives will act towards him with their accustomed (kindness)

8–14 yr 1 min