Thirukkural 245 in English

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Tamil original

அல்லல் அருளாள்வார்க்கு இல்லை வளிவழங்கும்
மல்லன்மா ஞாலங் கரி.

Transliteration

Allal Arulaalvaarkku Illai Valivazhangum
Mallanmaa Gnaalang Kari

English Translation

“The wide wind-fed world witness bears: Men of mercy meet not sorrows”

Plain-English meaning

This great rich earth over which the wind blows, is a witness that sorrow never comes upon the kindhearted

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English Translation

The wide wind-fed world witness bears: Men of mercy meet not sorrows

G.U. Pope Translation

The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the wild winds blow,Is witness, men of 'grace' no woeful want shall know

Plain-English Meaning

This great rich earth over which the wind blows, is a witness that sorrow never comes upon the kindhearted

அருள் உடையவர்க்கு இவ்வுலகில் துன்பம் வராது; இதற்குக் காற்று உலவும், வளம் மிக்க இந்தப் பேருலகமே சான்று.

Chapter 25

அருளுடைமை

The wealth of wealth is wealth of grace Earthly wealth e'en the basest has

Seek by sound ways good compassion; All faiths mark that for-salvation

The hearts of mercy shall not go Into dark worlds of gruesome woe

His soul is free from dread of sins Whose mercy serveth all beings

The wide wind-fed world witness bears: Men of mercy meet not sorrows

Who grace forsake and graceless act The former loss and woes forget

This world is not for weathless ones That world is not for graceless swines

The wealthless may prosper one day; The graceless never bloom agay

Like Truth twisted by confused mind Wisdom is vain in hearts unkind

Think how you feel before the strong When to the feeble you do wrong