Monday, September 14, 2009

Thirukkural Couplet Day 19

தனம் தவமிரண்டும் தங்க வியனுலகம்
வனம் வழங்க தெனின்

Alms to the needy and penance for spiritual uplift cannot be sustained,
If the heavens will not give of their bounty.

If the heavens will not open up and give rains to the world neither alms which is the salient virtue of the householder, nor penance which is the characteristic virtue of the ascetic can flourish on this earth.

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