Thirukkural 112 in English
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Tamil original
செப்பம் உடையவன் ஆக்கஞ் சிதைவின்றி
எச்சத்திற் கேமாப்பு உடைத்து.
Transliteration
Seppam Utaiyavan Aakkanj Chidhaivindri
Echchaththir Kemaappu Utaiththu
Modern English
“Wealth built on fairness doesn't just last, it keeps benefiting the people who come after you.”
Modern Interpretation
Wealth built on fairness doesn't just last, it keeps benefiting the people who come after you. Honest gains have a kind of staying power that shortcuts don't. For example, a shopkeeper who never overcharges customers builds a reputation that keeps the business thriving for the next generation too.
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Modern Plain English
Wealth built on fairness doesn't just last, it keeps benefiting the people who come after you.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Wealth of the man of equity Grows and lasts to posterity
G.U. Pope Translation
The just man's wealth unwasting shall endure,And to his race a lasting joy ensure
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The wealth of the man of rectitude will not perish, but will bring happiness also to his posterity
Tamil commentary
நீதியை உடையவனின் செல்வம் அழியாமல் அவன் வழியினர்க்குப் பாதுகாப்பாக இருக்கும்
Chapter 12
More from Impartiality
நடுவு நிலைமை
Equity is supreme virtue It is to give each man his due
Kural 112Wealth of the man of equity Grows and lasts to posterity
Kural 113Though profitable, turn away From unjust gains without delay
Kural 114The worthy and the unworthy Are seen in their posterity
Kural 115Loss and gain by cause arise; Equal mind adorns the wise
Kural 116Of perdition let him be sure Who leaves justice to sinful lure
Kural 117The just reduced to poverty Is not held down by equity
Kural 118Like balance holding equal scales A well poised mind is jewel of the wise
Kural 119Justice is upright, unbending And free from crooked word-twisting
Kural 120A trader's trade prospers fairly When his dealings are neighbourly