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அருளுடைமை
Kurals 241–250 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்).
அருட்செல்வம் செல்வத்துள் செல்வம் பொருட்செல்வம்
பூரியார் கண்ணும் உள.
Wealth 'mid wealth is wealth of 'kindliness';
Wealth of goods the vilest too possess.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Kindness is the richest wealth; even the worst people can have money.
Open in the appநல்லாற்றாள் நாடி அருளாள்க பல்லாற்றால்
தேரினும் அஃதே துணை.
The law of 'grace' fulfil, by methods good due trial made,
Though many systems you explore, this is your only aid.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Think it through and choose kindness; whichever path you follow, it is your best help.
Open in the appஅருள்சேர்ந்த நெஞ்சினார்க் கில்லை இருள்சேர்ந்த
இன்னா உலகம் புகல்.
They in whose breast a 'gracious kindliness' resides,
See not the gruesome world, where darkness drear abides.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People whose hearts are full of kindness never end up in dark, miserable places.
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தன்னுயிர் அஞ்சும் வினை.
Who for undying souls of men provides with gracious zeal,
In his own soul the dreaded guilt of sin shall never feel.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Someone who is kind and protects other lives need not fear what they would dread.
Open in the appஅல்லல் அருளாள்வார்க்கு இல்லை வளிவழங்கும்
மல்லன்மா ஞாலங் கரி.
The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the wild winds blow,
Is witness, men of 'grace' no woeful want shall know.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The whole wide earth is proof that sorrow doesn't come to kind-hearted people.
Open in the appபொருள்நீங்கிப் பொச்சாந்தார் என்பர் அருள்நீங்கி
அல்லவை செய்தொழுகு வார்.
Gain of true wealth oblivious they eschew,
Who 'grace' forsake, and graceless actions do.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Those who choose cruelty over kindness have forgotten what goodness is and what pain it brings.
Open in the appஅருளில்லார்க்கு அவ்வுலகம் இல்லை பொருளில்லார்க்கு
இவ்வுலகம் இல்லாகி யாங்கு.
As to impoverished men this present world is not;
The 'graceless' in yon world have neither part nor lot.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Just as this world isn't for people without money, a better world isn't for people without kindness.
Open in the appபொருளற்றார் பூப்பர் ஒருகால் அருளற்றார்
அற்றார்மற் றாதல் அரிது.
Who lose the flower of wealth, when seasons change, again may bloom;
Who lose 'benevolence', lose all; nothing can change their doom.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People without money may get rich one day; people without kindness are poor for good.
Open in the appதெருளாதான் மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டற்றால் தேரின்
அருளாதான் செய்யும் அறம்.
When souls unwise true wisdom's mystic vision see,
The 'graceless' man may work true works of charity.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Doing good without kindness is like trying to see the truth without wisdom.
Open in the appவலியார்முன் தன்னை நினைக்கதான் தன்னின்
மெலியார்மேல் செல்லு மிடத்து.
When weaker men you front with threat'ning brow,
Think how you felt in presence of some stronger foe.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Before you bully someone weaker, remember how you felt in front of someone stronger.
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