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Chapter 8: அன்புடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 8

Kural 72

அன்புடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

அன்பிலார் எல்லாம் தமக்குரியர் அன்புடையார் என்பும் உரியர் பிறர்க்கு.

Anpilaar Ellaam Thamakkuriyar Anputaiyaar Enpum Uriyar Pirarkku

“To selves belong the loveless ones; To oth'rs the loving e'en to bones”

The loveless to themselves belong alone;The loving men are others' to the very bone

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Kural #72

The Gift of the Heart

The story illustrates the contrast between the selfish hoarding of the wealthy boy and the selfless sharing of the kind boy, mirroring the Kural. Those who are destitute of love appropriate all they have to themselves; but those who possess love consider even their bones to belong to others

8–14 yr 2 min