The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1002

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Wealth without Benefaction · Wealth & public life

பொருளானாம் எல்லாமென்று ஈயாது இவறும் மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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பொருளானாம் எல்லாமென்று ஈயாது இவறும் மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு

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Who giving nought, opines from wealth all blessing springs, Degraded birth that doting miser's folly brings.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain