Gratitude
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ennaṉṟi koṉṟārkkum uyvuṇṭām uyvillai / seynnaṉṟi koṉṟa makaṟku
“Who every good have killed, may yet destruction flee; / Who 'benefit' has killed, that man shall ne'er 'scape free!”
“There is redemption for men who are guilty of every other crime: but the ingrate wretch shall know of none.”
Those who have destroyed every other good may still find a way back; but for the one who destroys a kindness done to them, there is none.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
எந்நன்றி கொன்றார்க்கும் உய்வு உண்டாம் = பெரிய அறங்களைச் சிதைத்தார்க்கும் பாவத்தின் நீங்கும் வாயில் உண்டாம்; செய்ந்நன்றி கொன்ற மகற்கு உய்வு இல்லை = ஒருவன் செய்த நன்றியைச் சிதைத்த மகனுக்கு அஃது இல்லை. (இதனாற் செய்ந்நன்றி கோறலின் கொடுமை கூறப்பட்டது.)
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Those who have destroyed every other virtue may still find some way back to redemption; but for the one who destroys a kindness done to them — the ungrateful — there is no escape.