Begging
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iṉpa moruvaṟ kiratta lirantavai / tuṉpa muṟāa variṉ.
For a person, asking is itself a cause of pleasure — if what was asked for comes without putting the asker through pain.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“Even to ask an alms may pleasure give, / If what you ask without annoyance you receive.”
“Even begging will be a pleasure if thou canst obtain what thou beggest without suffering any humiliation.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
ஒருவற்கு இரத்தல் இன்பம்= ஒருவற்கு இரத்தல் தானும் இன்பத்திற்கு ஏதுவாம்; இரந்தவை துன்பம் உறாஅ வரின்= இரந்த பொருள்கள் ஈவாரது உணர்வுடைமையான் தான் துன்புறாமல் வருமாயின்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Asking is itself a cause of pleasure for a person — if what was asked for comes without pain, through the feeling of the one who gives.