{"id":4851,"date":"2017-05-05T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T02:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=4851"},"modified":"2017-05-03T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:53:51","slug":"tirukular-chapter-22-understanding-ones-duty-to-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukular-chapter-22-understanding-ones-duty-to-give","title":{"rendered":"Tirukular.Chapter 22: Understanding One&#8217;s Duty to Give."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 211<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4853 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>The benevolent expect no return for their dutiful giving.<br \/>\nHow can the world ever repay the rain cloud?<br \/>\nKural 212<\/p>\n<p>It is to meet the needs of the deserving<br \/>\nthat the worthy work so hard to acquire wealth.<br \/>\nKural 213<\/p>\n<p>Of all duties, none is better than benevolence,<br \/>\nwhether in this world or that of the Gods.<br \/>\nKural 214<\/p>\n<p>He who understands the duty of giving truly lives.<br \/>\nAll others shall be counted among the dead.<br \/>\nKural 215<\/p>\n<p>The wealth of a community-loving wise man<br \/>\nmay be likened to a well-filled village water tank.<br \/>\nKural 216<\/p>\n<p>Riches retained by the big-hearted resemble fruits<br \/>\nripening on a tree in the heart of a village.<br \/>\nKural 217<\/p>\n<p>In the hands of a generous man,<br \/>\nwealth is like a medicinal tree whose healing gifts help all.<br \/>\nKural 218<\/p>\n<p>Those who know duty deeply never neglect giving,<br \/>\neven in their own unprosperous season.<br \/>\nKural 219<\/p>\n<p>The benevolent man considers himself poor only<br \/>\nwhen he is unable to render his accustomed duty to humanity.<br \/>\nKural 220<\/p>\n<p>Were it said that loss of wealth is the price of generosity,<br \/>\nsuch loss would be worth selling one&#8217;s self to acquire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 211 The benevolent expect no return for their dutiful giving. How can the world ever repay the rain cloud? Kural 212 It is to meet the needs of the deserving that the worthy work so hard to acquire wealth. Kural 213 Of all duties, none is better than benevolence, whether in this world or that of the Gods. Kural 214 He who understands the duty of giving truly lives. All others shall be counted among the dead. Kural 215 The wealth of a community-loving wise man may be likened to a well-filled village water tank. Kural 216 Riches retained <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}