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செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல்
Kurals 101–110 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்).
செய்யாமல் செய்த உதவிக்கு வையகமும்
வானகமும் ஆற்றல் அரிது.
Assistance given by those who ne'er received our aid,
Is debt by gift of heaven and earth but poorly paid.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Help given when nothing was owed is worth more than heaven and earth together.
Open in the appகாலத்தி னாற்செய்த நன்றி சிறிதெனினும்
ஞாலத்தின் மாணப் பெரிது.
A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,
The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Help given at the right moment, however small, is bigger than the world.
Open in the appபயன்தூக்கார் செய்த உதவி நயன்தூக்கின்
நன்மை கடலின் பெரிது.
Kindness shown by those who weigh not what the return may be:
When you ponder right its merit, 'Tis vaster than the sea.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Help given without expecting anything back is greater than the ocean.
Open in the appதினைத்துணை நன்றி செயினும் பனைத்துணையாக்
கொள்வர் பயன்தெரி வார்.
Each benefit to those of actions' fruit who rightly deem,
Though small as millet-seed, as palm-tree vast will seem.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: To a grateful person, a favour the size of a mustard seed feels as big as a palm fruit.
Open in the appஉதவி வரைத்தன்று உதவி உதவி
செயப்பட்டார் சால்பின் வரைத்து.
The kindly aid's extent is of its worth no measure true;
Its worth is as the worth of him to whom the act you do.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The value of a favour isn't its size; it's the character of the person who receives it.
Open in the appமறவற்க மாசற்றார் கேண்மை துறவற்க
துன்பத்துள் துப்பாயார் நட்பு.
Kindness of men of stainless soul remember evermore!
Forsake thou never friends who were thy stay in sorrow sore!
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Never forget the people who stood by you in hard times, and never drop the friendship of good people.
Open in the appஎழுமை எழுபிறப்பும் உள்ளுவர் தங்கண்
விழுமந் துடைத்தவர் நட்பு.
Through all seven worlds, in seven-fold birth, Remains in mem'ry of the wise.
Friendship of those who wiped on earth, The tears of sorrow from their eyes.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The wise remember, life after life, those who wiped away their tears.
Open in the appநன்றி மறப்பது நன்றன்று நன்றல்லது
அன்றே மறப்பது நன்று.
'Tis never good to let the thought of good things done thee pass away;
Of things not good, 'tis good to rid thy memory that very day.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Forgetting a kindness is wrong; forgetting a hurt straight away is right.
Open in the appகொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த
ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்.
Effaced straightway is deadliest injury,
By thought of one kind act in days gone by.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even if someone hurts you terribly, one good thing they once did for you can erase it.
Open in the appஎந்நன்றி கொன்றார்க்கும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்வில்லை
செய்ந்நன்றி கொன்ற மகற்கு.
Who every good have killed, may yet destruction flee;
Who 'benefit' has killed, that man shall ne'er 'scape free!
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: You can recover from almost any wrong, but not from being ungrateful.
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