Wealth (பொருட்பால்) Miscellaneous
When wealth is hoarded and not used for good.
Vaiththaanvaai Saandra Perumporul AqdhunnaanSeththaan Seyakkitandhadhu Il
He who does not enjoy the immense riches he has heaped up in his house, is (to be reckoned as) dead, (for) there is nothing achieved (by him)
Who fills his house with ample store, enjoying none, Is dead Nought with the useless heap is done
G. U. Pope, 1886
Porulaanaam Ellaamendru Eeyaadhu IvarumMarulaanaam Maanaap Pirappu
He who knows that wealth yields every pleasure and yet is so blind as to lead miserly life will be born a demon
Who giving nought, opines from wealth all blessing springs, Degraded birth that doting miser's folly brings
G. U. Pope, 1886
Eettam Ivari Isaiventaa AatavarThotram Nilakkup Porai
A burden to the earth are men bent on the acquisition of riches and not (true) fame
Who lust to heap up wealth, but glory hold not dear, It burthens earth when on the stage of being they appear
G. U. Pope, 1886
Echchamendru Enennung Kollo OruvaraalNachchap Pataaa Thavan
What will the miser who is not liked (by any one) regard as his own (in the world to come) ?
Whom no one loves, when he shall pass away, What doth he look to leave behind, I pray
G. U. Pope, 1886
Kotuppadhooum Thuyppadhooum Illaarkku AtukkiyaKotiyun Taayinum Il
Those who neither give (to others) nor enjoy (their property) are (truly) destitute, though possessing immense riches
Amid accumulated millions they are poor, Who nothing give and nought enjoy of all they store
G. U. Pope, 1886
Edham Perunjelvam Thaandhuvvaan ThakkaarkkondruEedhal Iyalpilaa Thaan
He who enjoys not (his riches) nor relieves the wants of the worthy is a disease to his wealth
Their ample wealth is misery to men of churlish heart, Who nought themselves enjoy, and nought to worthy men impart
G. U. Pope, 1886
Atraarkkondru Aatraadhaan Selvam MikanalamPetraal Thamiyalmooth Thatru
The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband
Like woman fair in lonelihood who aged grows, Is wealth of him on needy men who nought bestows
G. U. Pope, 1886
Nachchap Pataadhavan Selvam NatuvoorulNachchu Marampazhuth Thatru
The wealth of him who is disliked (by all) is like the fruit-bearing of the etty tree in the midst of a town
When he whom no man loves exults in great prosperity,'Tis as when fruits in midmost of the town some poisonous tree
G. U. Pope, 1886
Anporeeith Tharsetru Aranokkaadhu EettiyaOnporul Kolvaar Pirar
To heap up glittering wealth, their hoards shall others take
Who love abandon, self-afflict, and virtue's way forsakeTo heap up glittering wealth, their hoards shall others take
G. U. Pope, 1886
Seerutaich Chelvar Sirudhuni MaariVarangoorn Thanaiyadhu Utaiththu
The short-lived poverty of those who are noble and rich is like the clouds becoming poor (for a while)
'Tis as when rain cloud in the heaven grows day, When generous wealthy man endures brief poverty
G. U. Pope, 1886
