Thirukkural 166 in English

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Tamil original

கொடுப்பது அழுக்கறுப்பான் சுற்றம் உடுப்பதூஉம்
உண்பதூஉம் இன்றிக் கெடும்.

Transliteration

Kotuppadhu Azhukkaruppaan Sutram Utuppadhooum
Unpadhooum Indrik Ketum

English Translation

“Who envies gifts shall suffer ruin Without food and clothes with his kin”

Plain-English meaning

He who is envious at a gift (made to another) will with his relations utterly perish destitute of food and rainment

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English Translation

Who envies gifts shall suffer ruin Without food and clothes with his kin

G.U. Pope Translation

Who scans good gifts to others given with envious eye,His kin, with none to clothe or feed them, surely die

Plain-English Meaning

He who is envious at a gift (made to another) will with his relations utterly perish destitute of food and rainment

பிறர்க்குக் கொடுப்பதைக் கண்டு பொறாமைப் படுகிறவனின் குடும்பம், உடுக்கவும், உண்ணவும் இல்லாமல் அலையும்.

Chapter 17

அழுக்காறாமை

Deem your heart as virtuous When your nature is not jealous

No excellence excels the one That by nature envies none

Who envies others' good fortune Can't prosper in virtue of his own

The wise through envy don't others wrong Knowing that woes from evils throng

Man shall be wrecked by envy's whim Even if enemies spare him

Who envies gifts shall suffer ruin Without food and clothes with his kin

Fortune deserts the envious Leaving misfortune omnious

Caitiff envy despoils wealth And drags one into evil path

Why is envy rich, goodmen poor People with surprise think over

The envious prosper never The envyless prosper ever