Thirukkural 1009 in English
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Tamil original
அன்பொரீஇத் தற்செற்று அறநோக்காது ஈட்டிய
ஒண்பொருள் கொள்வார் பிறர்.
Transliteration
Anporeeith Tharsetru Aranokkaadhu Eettiya
Onporul Kolvaar Pirar
Modern English
“Wealth earned without love, self-care, or concern for what is right will eventually be enjoyed by someone else.”
Modern Interpretation
Wealth earned without love, self-care, or concern for what is right will eventually be enjoyed by someone else. For example, an owner who sacrifices every relationship and acts dishonestly may leave the fortune to strangers when others take over.
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Modern Plain English
Wealth earned without love, self-care, or concern for what is right will eventually be enjoyed by someone else.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Others usurp the shining gold In loveless, stingy, vicious hold
G.U. Pope Translation
Who love abandon, self-afflict, and virtue's way forsakeTo heap up glittering wealth, their hoards shall others take
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
To heap up glittering wealth, their hoards shall others take
Tamil commentary
பிறர்க்கு ஈயாமல் அன்பை விட்டு விலகி, எதையும் அனுபவிக்காமல் தன்னை வருத்தி, அறத்தை எண்ணாது சேர்த்த பொருளை மற்றவர் அனுபவிப்பர்.
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