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Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 9

Kural 81

விருந்தோம்பல்

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திருக்குறள்

இருந்தோம்பி இல்வாழ்வ தெல்லாம் விருந்தோம்பி வேளாண்மை செய்தற் பொருட்டு.

Irundhompi Ilvaazhva Thellaam Virundhompi Velaanmai Seydhar Poruttu

“Men set up home, toil and earn To tend the guests and do good turn”

All household cares and course of daily life have this in viewGuests to receive with courtesy, and kindly acts to do

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Kural #81

The Harvest of Kindness

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that the entire design of domestic life and earning property is meant for the noble act of helping guests and others. The whole design of living in the domestic state and laying up (property) is (to be able) to exercise the benevolence of hospitality

8–14 yr 1 min