Thirukkural 227 in English

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Tamil original

பாத்தூண் மரீஇ யவனைப் பசியென்னும்
தீப்பிணி தீண்டல் அரிது.

Transliteration

Paaththoon Mareei Yavanaip Pasiyennum
Theeppini Theental Aridhu

English Translation

“Who shares his food with those who need Hunger shall not harm his creed”

Plain-English meaning

The fiery disease of hunger shall never touch him who habitually distributes his food to others

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English Translation

Who shares his food with those who need Hunger shall not harm his creed

G.U. Pope Translation

Whose soul delights with hungry men to share his meal,The hand of hunger's sickness sore shall never feel

Plain-English Meaning

The fiery disease of hunger shall never touch him who habitually distributes his food to others

பலருடனும் பகிர்ந்து உண்ணப் பழகியவனைப் பசி என்னும் கொடிய நோய் தொடுவதும் அரிது.

Chapter 23

ஈகை

To give the poor is charity The rest is loan and vanity

To beg is bad e'en from the good To give is good, were heaven forbid

No pleading, \"I am nothing worth,\" But giving marks a noble birth

The cry for alms is painful sight Until the giver sees him bright

Higher's power which hunger cures Than that of penance which endures

Drive from the poor their gnawing pains If room you seek to store your gains

Who shares his food with those who need Hunger shall not harm his creed

The joy of give and take they lose Hard-hearted rich whose hoarding fails

Worse than begging is that boarding Alone what one's greed is hoarding

Nothing is more painful than death Yet more is pain of giftless dearth