Thirukkural 220 in English

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Tamil original

ஒப்புரவி னால்வரும் கேடெனின் அஃதொருவன்
விற்றுக்கோள் தக்க துடைத்து.

Transliteration

Oppuravi Naalvarum Ketenin Aqdhoruvan
Vitrukkol Thakka Thutaiththu

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

If it be said that loss will result from benevolence, such loss is worth being procured even by the sale of one's self

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Though by 'beneficence,' the loss of all should come,'Twere meet man sold himself, and bought it with the sum

Plain-English Meaning

If it be said that loss will result from benevolence, such loss is worth being procured even by the sale of one's self

இருப்பதைப் பிறர்க்குக் கொடுத்துவிட்டால், நாளை நமக்குத் தீமை வருமே என்று சொன்னால், தன்னையே விலையாகக் கொடுத்து அந்தத் தீமை வாங்கத்தக்கதே.

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