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Kural 81
விருந்தோம்பல்
Hospitality
இருந்தோம்பி இல்வாழ்வ தெல்லாம் விருந்தோம்பி
வேளாண்மை செய்தற் பொருட்டு.
Irundhompi Ilvaazhva Thellaam Virundhompi / Velaanmai Seydhar Poruttu
English
Men set up home, toil and earn To tend the guests and do good turn
— All household cares and course of daily life have this in viewGuests to receive with courtesy, and kindly acts to do
The whole design of living in the domestic state and laying up (property) is (to be able) to exercise the benevolence of hospitality