Tirukural – Chapter 58
Chapter 58: The Kindly Look
Verse 577
At a roadside temple beggars are lined on either side of the path. One woman with a kindly look offers coins to the beggar, whereas the other woman turns away from them with a scowl.
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Weaver’s Wisdom
Verse 571
The fairest graciousness, they say, is a kindly look.
Wherever it thrives, the whole world flourishes.
Verse 572
It is compassion that sustains the world’s existence.
The existence of those bereft of it is a burden to the Earth.
Verse 573
What use is melody in an unmusical song?
What use are eyes that express no sympathy?
Verse 574
Other than being facial ornaments, what do eyes
with no quality of kindness really do?
Verse 575
A compassionate glance is the eyes’ true ornament.
Without such kindness, eyes become unsightly sores.
Verse 576
Eyes that remain unmoved by pity might as well
be unmovable tree stumps bound in earth.
Verse 577
Those who lack a kindly look are indeed without eyes,
and those who truly have eyes never lack a gracious look.
Verse 578
This world belongs to those who, while neglecting no duty,
never neglect to behold others benevolently.
Verse 579
To grant forbearing kindness even to those
who aggrieve us is the foremost of virtues.
Verse 580
Desiring to be gracious above all else, guests may politely accept
even poison they watched their host prepare and serve.
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