Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) Domestic Virtue
When helping society, charity and community service.
Kaimmaaru Ventaa Katappaatu MaarimaattuEn Aatrung Kollo Ulaku
Benevolence seeks not a return. What does the world give back to the clouds ?
Duty demands no recompense; to clouds of heaven, By men on earth, what answering gift is given
G. U. Pope, 1886
Thaalaatrith Thandha Porulellaam ThakkaarkkuVelaanmai Seydhar Poruttu
All the wealth acquired with perseverance by the worthy is for the exercise of benevolence
The worthy say, when wealth rewards their toil-spent hours, For uses of beneficence alone 'tis ours
G. U. Pope, 1886
Puththe Lulakaththum Eentum PeralaridheOppuravin Nalla Pira
It is difficult to obtain another good equal to benevolence either in this world or in that of the gods
To 'due beneficence' no equal good we know, Amid the happy gods, or in this world below
G. U. Pope, 1886
Oththa Tharavon Uyirvaazhvaan MatraiyaanSeththaarul Vaikkap Patum
He truly lives who knows (and discharges) the proper duties (of benevolence) He who knows them not will be reckoned among the dead
Who knows what's human life's befitting grace, He lives; the rest 'mongst dead men have their place
G. U. Pope, 1886
Ooruni Neernirain Thatre UlakavaamPerari Vaalan Thiru
The wealth of that man of eminent knowledge who desires to exercise the benevolence approved of by the world, is like the full waters of a city-tank
The wealth of men who love the 'fitting way,' the truly wise, Is as when water fills the lake that village needs supplies
G. U. Pope, 1886
Payanmaram Ulloorp Pazhuththatraal SelvamNayanutai Yaankan Patin
The wealth of a man (possessed of the virtue) of benevolence is like the ripening of a fruitful tree in the midst of a town
A tree that fruits in th' hamlet's central mart, Is wealth that falls to men of liberal heart
G. U. Pope, 1886
Marundhaakith Thappaa Maraththatraal SelvamPerundhakai Yaankan Patin
If wealth be in the possession of a man who has the great excellence (of benevolence), it is like a tree which as a medicine is an infallible cure for disease
Unfailing tree that healing balm distils from every part, Is ample wealth that falls to him of large and noble heart
G. U. Pope, 1886
Itanil Paruvaththum Oppuravirku OlkaarKatanari Kaatchi Yavar
The wise who know what is duty will not scant their benevolence even when they are without wealth
E'en when resources fall, they weary not of 'kindness due,'-They to whom Duty's self appears in vision true
G. U. Pope, 1886
Nayanutaiyaan Nalkoorndhaa Naadhal SeyumneeraSeyyaadhu Amaikalaa Vaaru
The poverty of a benevolent man, is nothing but his inability to exercise the same
The kindly-hearted man is poor in this alone, When power of doing deeds of goodness he finds none
G. U. Pope, 1886
Oppuravi Naalvarum Ketenin AqdhoruvanVitrukkol Thakka Thutaiththu
If it be said that loss will result from benevolence, such loss is worth being procured even by the sale of one's self
Though by 'beneficence,' the loss of all should come,'Twere meet man sold himself, and bought it with the sum
G. U. Pope, 1886
