The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 89

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Hospitality · Virtue

உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.

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To turn from guests is penury, though worldly goods abound; 'Tis senseless folly, only with the senseless found.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain