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70. "Help Offered By An Efficient Giver - A Silver Medal!" #KURAL 216

#KROM 70. "Help Offered By An Efficient Giver - A Silver Medal!"

Wealth possessed by a noble, efficient person will be as beneficial to others like a bounteous fruit-bearing tree, at a townsquare, for its citizens.

பயன்மரம் உள்ளூர்ப் பழுத்தற்றால் செல்வம்
நயன் உடையான்கண் படின்.  216

payanmaram uLLUrp pazhutthaRRaal selvam
nayan uDaiyaankaN paDin.

The focus is on the "energy" ("mother") aspect of the giver, in this second Kural of the trio.

The fruit-bearing tree, mentioned in the simile, exhibits its efficiency and usefulness in converting less-accessible forms of energy (sunlight, water, nutrients, etc.) into a more readily usable form of energy (food). In the act of giving, the tree sheds part of its body as fruit while, thankfully, possessing the regenerative ability for its prolonged use with periodic yields. Although not a must, a certain amount of care and maintenance help the tree to function at its best efficiency.

In contrast with other similes, in the set of three Kurals, the above characteristics earn the rating of "better" for the efficient philanthropist, in the scale of "good-better-best", for the degree of involvement and sacrifice in the act of giving.
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