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

Modern English

“Genuine hardship rarely catches up with people who consistently act with kindness, you can see it play out all around, everywhere in the world.”

Modern Interpretation

Genuine hardship rarely catches up with people who consistently act with kindness, you can see it play out all around, everywhere in the world. Kindness tends to attract support when it's needed most. For example, someone known for their compassion tends to find people rallying around them exactly when things get hard.

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Modern Plain English

Genuine hardship rarely catches up with people who consistently act with kindness, you can see it play out all around, everywhere in the world.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

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

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

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

Tamil commentary

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

Chapter 25

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