Thirukkural 1002 in English
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Tamil original
பொருளானாம் எல்லாமென்று ஈயாது இவறும்
மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு
Transliteration
Porulaanaam Ellaamendru Eeyaadhu Ivarum
Marulaanaam Maanaap Pirappu
Modern English
“Wealth can provide many comforts, but clinging to it and refusing to share it is a form of delusion that degrades a person's life.”
Modern Interpretation
Wealth can provide many comforts, but clinging to it and refusing to share it is a form of delusion that degrades a person's life. For example, someone who has plenty but will not help a neighbor lets greed rule them.
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Modern Plain English
Wealth can provide many comforts, but clinging to it and refusing to share it is a form of delusion that degrades a person's life.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
The niggard miser thinks wealth is all He hoards, gives not is born devil
G.U. Pope Translation
Who giving nought, opines from wealth all blessing springs,Degraded birth that doting miser's folly brings
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
He who knows that wealth yields every pleasure and yet is so blind as to lead miserly life will be born a demon
Tamil commentary
பொருளால் எல்லாவற்றையும் சாதிக்கலாம் என்று எண்ணி அதைத் தேடிய பின் தானும் அனுபவிக்காமல், பிறர் தேவைக்கும் அதைத் தராமல் கஞ்சனாக வாழ்பவனின் மயக்கத்தால் அவனுக்கு முழுமையற்ற பேய்ப்பிறப்பு உண்டாகும்.
Chapter 101
More from Wealth without Benefaction
நன்றியில் செல்வம்
Dead is he with wealth in pile Unenjoyed, it is futile
Kural 1002The niggard miser thinks wealth is all He hoards, gives not is born devil
Kural 1003A burden he is to earth indeed Who hoards without a worthy deed
Kural 1004What legacy can he leave behind Who is for approach too unkind
Kural 1005What is the good of crores they hoard To give and enjoy whose heart is hard
Kural 1006Great wealth unused for oneself nor To worthy men is but a slur
Kural 1007Who loaths to help have-nots, his gold Is like a spinster-belle grown old
Kural 1008The idle wealth of unsought men Is poison-fruit-tree amidst a town
Kural 1009Others usurp the shining gold In loveless, stingy, vicious hold
Kural 1010The brief want of the rich benign Is like rainclouds growing thin