Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Domestic Virtue (இல்லறவியல்) — Hospitality (விருந்தோம்பல்)

Kural 81:
இருந்தோம்பி இல்வாழ்வ தெல்லாம் விருந்தோம்பி
வேளாண்மை செய்தற் பொருட்டு.
irundhoampi ilvaazhva thellaam virundhoampi
vaeLaaNmai seydhaR poruttu
English couplet:
All household cares and course of daily life have this in view
Guests to receive with courtesy, and kindly acts to do
Explanation: The whole design of living in the domestic state and laying up (property) is (to be able) to exercise the benevolence of hospitality

Kural 82:
விருந்து புறத்ததாத் தானுண்டல் சாவா
மருந்தெனினும் வேண்டற்பாற் றன்று.
virundhu puRaththadhaath thaanuNdal saavaa
marundheninum VaeNtaRpaaR Randru
English couplet:
Though food of immortality should crown the board,
Feasting alone, the guests without unfed, is thing abhorred
Explanation: It is not fit that one should wish his guests to be outside (his house) even though he were eating the food of immortality

Kural 83:
வருவிருந்து வைகலும் ஓம்புவான் வாழ்க்கை
பருவந்து பாழ்படுதல் இன்று.
varuvirundhu vaikalum Ompuvaan vaazhkkai
paruvandhu paazhpatudhal indru
English couplet:
Each day he tends the coming guest with kindly care;
Painless, unfailing plenty shall his household share
Explanation: The domestic life of the man that daily entertains the guests who come to him shall not be laid waste by poverty

Kural 84:
அகனமர்ந்து செய்யாள் உறையும் முகனமர்ந்து
நல்விருந்து ஓம்புவான் இல்.
aganamarndhu seyyaaL URaiyum mukanamarndhu
nalvirundhu Ompuvaan il
English couplet:
With smiling face he entertains each virtuous guest,
'Fortune' with gladsome mind shall in his dwelling rest
Explanation: Lakshmi with joyous mind shall dwell in the house of that man who, with cheerful countenance, entertains the good as guests

Kural 85:
வித்தும் இடல்வேண்டும் கொல்லோ விருந்தோம்பி
மிச்சில் மிசைவான் புலம்.
viththum italveNdum kolloa virundhoampi
michchil misaivaan pulam
English couplet:
Who first regales his guest, and then himself supplies,
O'er all his fields, unsown, shall plenteous harvests rise
Explanation: Is it necessary to sow the field of the man who, having feasted his guests, eats what may remain ?

Kural 86:
செல்விருந்து ஓம்பி வருவிருந்து பார்த்திருப்பான்
நல்வருந்து வானத் தவர்க்கு.
selvirundhu Ompi varuvirundhu paarththiruppaan
nalvarundhu vaanath thavarkku
English couplet:
The guest arrived he tends, the coming guest expects to see;
To those in heavenly homes that dwell a welcome guest is he
Explanation: He who, having entertained the guests that have come, looks out for others who may yet come, will be a welcome guest to the inhabitants of heaven

Kural 87:
இனைத்துணைத் தென்பதொன் றில்லை விருந்தின்
துணைத்துணை வேள்விப் பயன்.
inaiththuNaith thenpadhon Rillai virundhin
thuNaiththunai vaeLvip payan
English couplet:
To reckon up the fruit of kindly deeds were all in vain;
Their worth is as the worth of guests you entertain
Explanation: The advantages of benevolence cannot be measured; the measure (of the virtue) of the guests (entertained) is the only measure

Kural 88:
பரிந்தோம்பிப் பற்றற்றேம் என்பர் விருந்தோம்பி
வேள்வி தலைப்படா தார்.
parindhoampip patratraem enpar virundhoampi
vaeLvi thalaippataa thaar
English couplet:
With pain they guard their stores, yet 'All forlorn are we,' they'll cry,
Who cherish not their guests, nor kindly help supply
Explanation: Those who have taken no part in the benevolence of hospitality shall (at length lament) saying, "we have laboured and laid up wealth and are now without support."

Kural 89:
உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா
மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.
udaimaiyuL inmai virundhoampal Ompaa
madamai matavaarkaN uNdu
English couplet:
To turn from guests is penury, though worldly goods abound;
'Tis senseless folly, only with the senseless found
Explanation: That stupidity which excercises no hospitality is poverty in the midst of wealth It is the property of the stupid

Kural 90:
மோப்பக் குழையும் அனிச்சம் முகந்திரிந்து
நோக்கக் குழையும் விருந்து.
moappak kuzhaiyum anichcham mukandhirindhu
noakkak kuzhaiyum virundhu
English couplet:
The flower of 'Anicha' withers away, If you do but its fragrance inhale;
If the face of the host cold welcome convey, The guest's heart within him will fail
Explanation: As the Anicham flower fades in smelling, so fades the guest when the face is turned away