Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Ascetic Virtue (துறவறவியல்) — Compassion (அருளுடைமை)

Kural 241:
அருட்செல்வம் செல்வத்துள் செல்வம் பொருட்செல்வம்
பூரியார் கண்ணும் உள.
arutchelvam selvaththuL selvam porutchelvam
pooriyaar kaNNum uLa
English couplet:
Wealth 'mid wealth is wealth 'kindliness';
Wealth of goods the vilest too possess.
Explanation: The wealth of kindness is wealth of wealth, in as much as the wealth of property is possessed by the basest of men.

Kural 242:
நல்லாற்றாள் நாடி அருளாள்க பல்லாற்றால்
தேரினும் அஃதே துணை.
nallaatraaL naati aruLaaLka pallaatraal
thaerinum aqdhae thuNai
English couplet:
The law of 'grace' fulfil, by methods good due trial made,
Though many systems you explore, this is your only aid.
Explanation: (Stand) in the good path, consider, and be kind. Even considering according to the conflicting tenets of the different sects, kindness will be your best aid, (in the acquisition of heavenly bliss).

Kural 243:
அருள்சேர்ந்த நெஞ்சினார்க் கில்லை இருள்சேர்ந்த
இன்னா உலகம் புகல்.
aruLsaerndha nenjinaark killai iruLsaerndha
innaa ulakam pukal
English couplet:
They in whose breast a 'gracious kindliness' resides,
See not the gruesome world, where darkness drear abides.
Explanation: They will never enter the world of darkness and wretchedness whose minds are the abode of kindness.

Kural 244:
மன்னுயிர் ஓம்பி அருளாள்வார்க்கு இல்லென்ப
தன்னுயிர் அஞ்சும் வினை.
mannuyir Ompi aruLaaLvaarkku illenpa
thannuyir anjum vinai
English couplet:
Who for undying souls of men provides with gracious zeal,
In his own soul the dreaded guilt of sin shall never feel.
Explanation: (The wise) say that the evils, which his soul would dread, will never come upon the man who exercises kindness and protects the life (of other creatures).

Kural 245:
அல்லல் அருளாள்வார்க்கு இல்லை வளிவழங்கும்
மல்லன்மா ஞாலங் கரி.
allal aruLaaLvaarkku illai vaLivazhangum
mallanmaa GnaalanG kari
English couplet:
The The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the wild winds blow,
Is witness, men of 'grace' no woeful want shall know.
Explanation: This great rich earth over which the wind blows, is a witness that sorrow never comes upon the kind-hearted.

Kural 246:
பொருள்நீங்கிப் பொச்சாந்தார் என்பர் அருள்நீங்கி
அல்லவை செய்தொழுகு வார்.
poruLnheengip pochchaandhaar enpar arulnheengi
allavai seydhozhuku vaar
English couplet:
AGain of true wealth oblivious they eschew,
Who 'grace' forsake, and graceless actions do.
Explanation: (The wise) say that those who neglect kindness and practise cruelties, neglected virtue (in their former birth), and forgot (the sorrows which they must suffer).

Kural 247:
அருளில்லார்க்கு அவ்வுலகம் இல்லை பொருளில்லார்க்கு
இவ்வுலகம் இல்லாகி யாங்கு.
aruLillaarkku avvulakam illai poruLillaarkku
ivvulakam illaaki yaangu
English couplet:
As to impoverished men this present world is not;
The 'graceless' in you world have neither part nor lot.
Explanation: As this world is not for those who are without wealth, so that world is not for those who are without kindness.

Kural 248:
பொருளற்றார் பூப்பர் ஒருகால் அருளற்றார்
அற்றார்மற் றாதல் அரிது.
poruLatraar pooppar orukaal aruLatraar
atraarmaR Raadhal aridhu
English couplet:
Who lose the flower of wealth, when seasons change, again may bloom;
Who lose 'benevolence', lose all; nothing can change their doom.
Explanation: Those who are without wealth may, at some future time, become prosperous; those who are destitute of kindness are utterly destitute; for them there is no change.

Kural 249:
தெருளாதான் மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டற்றால் தேரின்
அருளாதான் செய்யும் அறம்.
theruLaadhaan meypporuL kaNtatraal thaerin
aruLaadhaan seyyum aRam
English couplet:
When souls unwise true wisdom's mystic vision see,
The 'graceless' man may work true works of charity.
Explanation: If you consider, the virtue of him who is without kindness is like the perception of the true being by him who is without wisdom.

Kural 250:
வலியார்முன் தன்னை நினைக்கதான் தன்னின்
மெலியார்மேல் செல்லு மிடத்து.
valiyaarmun thannai ninaikkathaan thannin
meliyaarmael sellu midaththu
English couplet:
When weaker men you front with threat'ning brow,
Think how you felt in presence of some stronger foe.
Explanation: When a man is about to rush upon those who are weaker than himself, let him remember how he has stood (trembling) before those who are stronger than himself.