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karappiṭumpai yillāraik kāṇi ṉirappiṭumpai / yellā moruṅku keṭum.
Come upon those who are free of the affliction of hiding what they have, and the afflictions that want brings perish, all of them together.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“It those you find from evil of 'denial' free, / At once all plague of poverty will flee.”
“Behold the men that have not the churlishness to deny charity: the pangs of poverty would cease at the very sight of them.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கரப்பிடும்பை இல்லாரைக் காணின்= உள்ளது கரத்தலாகிய நோய் இல்லாரைக் கண்டால்; நிரப்பிடும்பை எல்லாம் ஒருங்கு கெடும்= மானம் விடாது இரப்பார்க்கு நிரப்பான் வரும் துன்பங்கள் எல்லாம் சேரக்கெடும்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Come upon those free of the affliction of hiding what they have, and for one who asks without letting go of self-respect the afflictions that want brings perish, all of them together.