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Kural No. 480 · Wealth (Porul) · Ch 48

The Knowledge of Power

வலியறிதல்
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
உளவரை தூக்காத ஒப்புர வாண்மை
வளவரை வல்லைக் கெடும்.

Ulavarai Thookkaadha Oppura Vaanmai / Valavarai Vallaik Ketum

Classical English couplet — “Beneficence that measures not its bound of means,Will swiftly bring to nought the wealth on which it leans”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“The measure of his wealth will quickly perish, whose liberality weighs not the measure of his property

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

தனக்கு பொருள் உள்ள அளவை ஆராயாமல் மேற்கொள்ளும் ஒப்புரவினால், ஒருவனுடைய செல்வத்தின் அளவு விரைவில் கெடும்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

தன்னிடமுள்ள பொருளின் அளவை ஆராய்ந்து பார்க்காமல் அளவின்றிக் கொடுத்துக் கொண்டேயிருந்தால் அவனது வளம் விரைவில் கெடும்

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