Cherishing Kindred
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peruṅkoṭaiyāṉ pēṇāṉ vekuḷi yavaṉiṉ / maruṅkuṭaiyār mānilat til.
“Than one who gifts bestows and wrath restrains, / Through the wide world none larger following gains.”
“Behold the man that giveth freely and entertaineth not anger: the world hath none who hath a more attached kindred than he.”
In this world, no one has a circle of kin to equal that of one who gives greatly and does not cherish anger.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
பெரும் கொடையான் வெகுளி பேணான்= ஒருவன்மிக்க கொடையை உடையனுமாய், வெகுளியை விரும்பானும் ஆயின்; அவனின் மருங்கு உடையார் மாநிலத்து இல்= அவன்போலக் கிளையுடையார் இவ்வுலகத்தில் இல்லை.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
For one who gives with open-handed generosity and never nurses anger, no one in this wide world possesses a greater or more loyal circle of kin.