Thirukkural 1004 in English

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Tamil original

எச்சமென்று என்எண்ணுங் கொல்லோ ஒருவரால்
நச்சப் படாஅ தவன்.

Transliteration

Echchamendru Enennung Kollo Oruvaraal
Nachchap Pataaa Thavan

English Translation

“What legacy can he leave behind Who is for approach too unkind”

Plain-English meaning

What will the miser who is not liked (by any one) regard as his own (in the world to come) ?

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

What legacy can he leave behind Who is for approach too unkind

G.U. Pope Translation

Whom no one loves, when he shall pass away,What doth he look to leave behind, I pray

Plain-English Meaning

What will the miser who is not liked (by any one) regard as his own (in the world to come) ?

பிறர்க்கு ஏதும் வழங்காதவன் ஆதலால் எவராலும் விரும்பப்படாத அவன், தன் காலத்திற்குப் பின் தன்னை நினைவுபடுத்தி நிற்கப்போவது என்று எதை எண்ணுவான்?

Chapter 101

நன்றியில் செல்வம்

Dead is he with wealth in pile Unenjoyed, it is futile

The niggard miser thinks wealth is all He hoards, gives not is born devil

A burden he is to earth indeed Who hoards without a worthy deed

What legacy can he leave behind Who is for approach too unkind

What is the good of crores they hoard To give and enjoy whose heart is hard

Great wealth unused for oneself nor To worthy men is but a slur

Who loaths to help have-nots, his gold Is like a spinster-belle grown old

The idle wealth of unsought men Is poison-fruit-tree amidst a town

Others usurp the shining gold In loveless, stingy, vicious hold

The brief want of the rich benign Is like rainclouds growing thin