Thirukkural 82 in English

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Tamil original

விருந்து புறத்ததாத் தானுண்டல் சாவா
மருந்தெனினும் வேண் டற்பாற் றன்று.

Transliteration

Virundhu Puraththadhaath Thaanuntal Saavaa
Marundheninum Ventarpaar Randru

English Translation

“To keep out guests cannot be good Albeit you eat nector-like food”

Plain-English meaning

It is not fit that one should wish his guests to be outside (his house) even though he were eating the food of immortality

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English Translation

To keep out guests cannot be good Albeit you eat nector-like food

G.U. Pope Translation

Though food of immortality should crown the board,Feasting alone, the guests without unfed, is thing abhorred

Plain-English Meaning

It is not fit that one should wish his guests to be outside (his house) even though he were eating the food of immortality

விருந்தினர் வீட்டிற்கு வெளியே இருக்கத் தான் மட்டும் தனித்து உண்பது, சாவைத் தடுக்கும் மருந்தே என்றாலும், விரும்பத் தக்கது அன்று

Chapter 9

விருந்தோம்பல்

Men set up home, toil and earn To tend the guests and do good turn

To keep out guests cannot be good Albeit you eat nector-like food

Who tends his guests day in and out His life in want never wears out

The goddess of wealth will gladly rest Where smiles welcome the worthy guest

Should his field be sown who first Feeds the guests and eats the rest?

Who tends a guest and looks for next Is a welcome guest in heaven's feast

Worth of the guest of quality Is worth of hospitality

Who loathe guest-service one day cry: \"We toil and store; but life is dry\"

The man of wealth is poor indeed Whose folly fails the guest to feed

Anicham smelt withers: like that A wry-faced look withers the guest