Thirukkural 837 in English

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Tamil original

ஏதிலார் ஆரத் தமர்பசிப்பர் பேதை
பெருஞ்செல்வம் உற்றக் கடை.

Transliteration

Edhilaar Aarath Thamarpasippar Pedhai
Perunjelvam Utrak Katai

English Translation

“Strangers feast and kinsmen fast When fools mishandle fortunes vast”

Plain-English meaning

If a fool happens to get an immense fortune, his neighbours will enjoy it while his relations starve

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English Translation

Strangers feast and kinsmen fast When fools mishandle fortunes vast

G.U. Pope Translation

When fools are blessed with fortune's bounteous store,Their foes feed full, their friends are prey to hunger sore

Plain-English Meaning

If a fool happens to get an immense fortune, his neighbours will enjoy it while his relations starve

அறிவற்றவன் பெருஞ்செல்வத்தை அடைந்தபோது பிறர் அதை அனுபவிக்க, அவன் உறவினர் பசித்திருப்பர்.

Chapter 84

பேதைமை

This is folly's prominent vein To favour loss and forego gain

Folly of follies is to lead A lewd and lawless life so bad

Shameless, aimless, callous, listless Such are the marks of foolishness

No fool equals the fool who learns Knows, teaches, but self-control spurns

The fool suffers seven fold hells In single birth of hellish ills

A know-nothing fool daring a deed Not only fails but feels fettered

Strangers feast and kinsmen fast When fools mishandle fortunes vast

Fools possessing something on hand Like dazed and drunken stupids stand

Friendship with fools is highly sweet For without a groan we part

Entrance of fools where Savants meet Looks like couch trod by unclean feet