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Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 9

Kural 82

விருந்தோம்பல்

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திருக்குறள்

விருந்து புறத்ததாத் தானுண்டல் சாவா மருந்தெனினும் வேண் டற்பாற் றன்று.

Virundhu Puraththadhaath Thaanuntal Saavaa Marundheninum Ventarpaar Randru

“To keep out guests cannot be good Albeit you eat nector-like food”

Though food of immortality should crown the board,Feasting alone, the guests without unfed, is thing abhorred

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Kural #82

The Sweetness of Sharing

The story illustrates that even if one possesses something precious, it is wrong to deny it to a guest. It is not fit that one should wish his guests to be outside (his house) even though he were eating the food of immortality

8–14 yr 2 min