Thirukkural 216 in English

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Tamil original

பயன்மரம் உள்ளூர்ப் பழுத்தற்றால் செல்வம்
நயனுடை யான்கண் படின்.

Transliteration

Payanmaram Ulloorp Pazhuththatraal Selvam
Nayanutai Yaankan Patin

English Translation

“Who plenty gets and plenty gives Is like town-tree teeming with fruits”

Plain-English meaning

The wealth of a man (possessed of the virtue) of benevolence is like the ripening of a fruitful tree in the midst of a town

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English Translation

Who plenty gets and plenty gives Is like town-tree teeming with fruits

G.U. Pope Translation

A tree that fruits in th' hamlet's central mart,Is wealth that falls to men of liberal heart

Plain-English Meaning

The wealth of a man (possessed of the virtue) of benevolence is like the ripening of a fruitful tree in the midst of a town

பிறரால் விரும்பப்படுபவனிடம் சேரும் செல்வம், உண்ணத் தகும், கனிதரும் மரம் ஊருக்கு உள்ளே பழுத்திருப்பதைப் போல எல்லார்க்கும் பொதுவாகும்.

Chapter 22

ஒப்புரவறிதல்

Duty demands nothing in turn; How can the world recompense rain?

All the wealth that toils give Is meant to serve those who deserve

In heav'n and earth 'tis hard to find A greater good than being kind

He lives who knows befitting act Others are deemed as dead in fact

The wealth that wise and kind do make Is like water that fills a lake

Who plenty gets and plenty gives Is like town-tree teeming with fruits

The wealth of a wide-hearted soul Is a herbal tree that healeth all

Though seers may fall on evil days Their sense of duty never strays

The good man's poverty and grief Is want of means to give relief

By good if ruin comes across Sell yourself to save that loss