அருளில்லார்க்கு அவ்வுலகம் இல்லை பொருளில்லார்க்கு
இவ்வுலகம் இல்லாகி யாங்கு.
Aruḷillārkku avvulakam illai poruḷillārkku
ivvulakam illāgi yāngu.
As those without wealth have no standing in this world, those without compassion have no standing in the world beyond.
Thiruvalluvar places compassion as the currency of inner life — as materially necessary as wealth is in the outer. When did you last act from pure compassion, without any calculation of return? What did that feel like?
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