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Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 9

Kural 88

விருந்தோம்பல்

Position 8/10

திருக்குறள்

பரிந்தோம்பிப் பற்றற்றேம் என்பர் விருந்தோம்பி வேள்வி தலைப்படா தார்.

Parindhompip Patratrem Enpar Virundhompi Velvi Thalaippataa Thaar

“Who loathe guest-service one day cry: \"We toil and store; but life is dry\"”

With pain they guard their stores, yet 'All forlorn are we,' they'll cry,Who cherish not their guests, nor kindly help supply

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Kural #88

The Treasure of Kindness

The story illustrates that those who only focus on accumulating wealth without practicing hospitality will find themselves without support when they truly need it. Those who have taken no part in the benevolence of hospitality shall (at length lament) saying, "we have laboured and laid up wealth and are now without support."

8–14 yr 2 min