Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

Kural 82: The Kural on Hospitality and Life

A verse on sharing food with guests and the elixir of immortality.

82
With a guest at the door it is not worth eating
Even the nectar of the gods

விருந்து புறத்ததாத் தானுண்டல் சாவா
மருந்தெனினும் வேண்டற்பாற் றன்று

From chapter 9, “Hospitality.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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