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Kural 222
ஈகை
Giving
நல்லாறு எனினும் கொளல்தீது மேலுலகம்
இல்லெனினும் ஈதலே நன்று.
Nallaaru Eninum Kolaldheedhu Melulakam / Illeninum Eedhale Nandru
English
To beg is bad e'en from the good To give is good, were heaven forbid
— Though men declare it heavenward path, yet to receive is ill;Though upper heaven were not, to give is virtue still
To beg is evil, even though it were said that it is a good path (to heaven) To give is good, even though it were said that those who do so cannot obtain heaven