Thirukkural 1067 in English
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Tamil original
இரப்பன் இரப்பாரை எல்லாம் இரப்பின்
கரப்பார் இரவன்மின் என்று.
Transliteration
Irappan Irappaarai Ellaam Irappin
Karappaar Iravanmin Endru
Modern English
“If you must ask for help, choose people who give openly, not those who hide what they have and resent the request.”
Modern Interpretation
If you must ask for help, choose people who give openly, not those who hide what they have and resent the request. When seeking emergency aid, go to a transparent charity rather than someone who humiliates applicants.
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Modern Plain English
If you must ask for help, choose people who give openly, not those who hide what they have and resent the request.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
If beg they must I beg beggers Not to beg from shrinking misers
G.U. Pope Translation
One thing I beg of beggars all, 'If beg ye may,Of those who hide their wealth, beg not, I pray.'
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
I beseech all beggars and say, "If you need to beg, never beg of those who give unwillingly."
Tamil commentary
பிச்சை எடுத்துத்தான் ஆகவேண்டும் என்றால், தம்மிடம் இருப்பதை மறைப்பாரிடம் பிச்சை எடுக்க வேண்டா என்று, பிச்சை எடுப்பவரிடம் எல்லாம் நாம் பிச்சை கேட்கின்றேன்.
Chapter 107
More from The Dread of Mendicancy
இரவச்சம்
Not to beg is billions worth E'en from eye-like friends who give with mirth
Kural 1062Let World-Maker loiter and rot If \"beg and live\" be human fate
Kural 1063Nothing is hard like hard saying \"We end poverty by begging\"
Kural 1064All space is small before the great Who beg not e'en in want acute
Kural 1065Though gruel thin, nothing is sweet Like the food earned by labour's sweat
Kural 1066It may be water for the cow Begging tongue is mean anyhow
Kural 1067If beg they must I beg beggers Not to beg from shrinking misers
Kural 1068The hapless bark of beggary splits On the rock of refusing hits
Kural 1069The heart at thought of beggars melts; It dies at repulsing insults
Kural 1070The word \"No\" kills the begger's life Where can the niggard's life be safe?