Thirukkural 1007 in English

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Tamil original

அற்றார்க்கொன்று ஆற்றாதான் செல்வம் மிகநலம்
பெற்றாள் தமியள்மூத் தற்று.

Transliteration

Atraarkkondru Aatraadhaan Selvam Mikanalam
Petraal Thamiyalmooth Thatru

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Like woman fair in lonelihood who aged grows,Is wealth of him on needy men who nought bestows

Plain-English Meaning

The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband

ஏதும் இல்லாதவர்க்கு ஏதாவது ஒன்றைக் கொடுத்து உதவாதவன் செல்வம், மிகுந்த அழகு பெற்ற பெண், திருமணமாகாமலே முதுமை அடைந்தது போலாம்.

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