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Chapter 9: விருந்தோம்பல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 9

Kural 89

விருந்தோம்பல்

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திருக்குறள்

உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.

Utaimaiyul Inmai Virundhompal Ompaa Matamai Matavaarkan Untu

“The man of wealth is poor indeed Whose folly fails the guest to feed”

To turn from guests is penury, though worldly goods abound;'Tis senseless folly, only with the senseless found

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Kural #89

The Rich Man's Empty Heart

The story illustrates that hoarding wealth while refusing to help others is a sign of foolishness, as per the Kural. That stupidity which excercises no hospitality is poverty in the midst of wealth It is the property of the stupid

8–14 yr 1 min