Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Civil (குடியியல்) — Wealth without Benefaction (நன்றியில்செல்வம்)

Kural 1001:
வைத்தான்வாய் சான்ற பெரும்பொருள் அஃதுண்ணான்
செத்தான் செயக்கிடந்தது இல்.
Vaiththaanvaai Saandra Perumporul Aqdhunnaan
Seththaan Seyakkitandhadhu Il
English couplet:
Who fills his house with ample store, enjoying none,
Is dead. Nought with the useless heap is done.
Explanation: He who does not enjoy the immense riches he has heaped up in his house, is (to be reckoned as) dead, (for) there is nothing achieved (by him).

Kural 1002:
பொருளானாம் எல்லாமென்று ஈயாது இவறும்
மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு.
poruLaanaam ellaamendru eeyaadhu ivaRum
maruLaanaam maaNaap piRappu
English couplet:
Who giving nought, opines from wealth all blessing springs,
Degraded birth that doting miser's folly brings.
Explanation: He who knows that wealth yields every pleasure and yet is so blind as to lead miserly life will be born a demon.

Kural 1003:
ஈட்டம் இவறி இசைவேண்டா ஆடவர்
தோற்றம் நிலக்குப் பொறை.
eettam ivari isaivaeNdaa aadavar
thoatram nilakkup poRai
English couplet:
Who lust to heap up wealth, but glory hold not dear,
It burthens earth when on the stage of being they appear.
Explanation: A burden to the earth are men bent on the acquisition of riches and not (true) fame.

Kural 1004:
எச்சமென்று என்எண்ணுங் கொல்லோ ஒருவரால்
நச்சப் படாஅ தவன்.
echchamendru en-eNNunG kolloa oruvaraal
nachchap padaaa thavan
English couplet:
Whom no one loves, when he shall pass away,
What doth he look to leave behind, I pray?.
Explanation: What will the miser who is not liked (by any one) regard as his own (in the world to come) ?.

Kural 1005:
கொடுப்பதூஉம் துய்ப்பதூஉம் இல்லார்க்கு அடுக்கிய
கோடியுண் டாயினும் இல்.
koduppadhooum thuyppadhooum illaarkku adukkiya
koatiyuN daayinum il
English couplet:
Amid accumulated millions they are poor,
Who nothing give and nought enjoy of all they store.
Explanation: Those who neither give (to others) nor enjoy (their property) are (truly) destitute, though possessing immense riches.

Kural 1006:
ஏதம் பெருஞ்செல்வம் தான்துவ்வான் தக்கார்க்கொன்று
ஈதல் இயல்பிலா தான்.
Edham perunjelvam thaan-dhuvvaan thakkaarkkondru
eedhal iyalpilaa thaan
English couplet:
Their ample wealth is misery to men of churlish heart,
Who nought themselves enjoy, and nought to worthy men impart.
Explanation: He who enjoys not (his riches) nor relieves the wants of the worthy is a disease to his wealth.

Kural 1007:
அற்றார்க்கொன்று ஆற்றாதான் செல்வம் மிகநலம்
பெற்றாள் தமியள்மூத் தற்று.
atraarkkondru aatraadhaan selvam mikanhalam
petraaL thamiyaLmooth thatru
English couplet:
Like woman fair in lonelihood who aged grows,
Is wealth of him on needy men who nought bestows.
Explanation: The wealth of him who never bestows anything on the destitute is like a woman of beauty growing old without a husband.

Kural 1008:
நச்சப் படாதவன் செல்வம் நடுவூருள்
நச்சு மரம்பழுத் தற்று.
nachchap padaadhavan selvam naduvooruL
nachchu marampazhuth thatru
English couplet:
When he whom no man loves exults in great prosperity,
'Tis as when fruits in midmost of the town some poisonous tree.
Explanation: The wealth of him who is disliked (by all) is like the fruit-bearing of the etty tree in the midst of a town.

Kural 1009:
அன்பொரீஇத் தற்செற்று அறநோக்காது ஈட்டிய
ஒண்பொருள் கொள்வார் பிறர்.
anporeeith thaRsetru aRanhoakkaadhu eettiya
oNporuL koLvaar piRar
English couplet:
Who love abandon, self-afflict, and virtue's way forsake
To heap up glittering wealth, their hoards shall others take.
Explanation: Strangers will inherit the riches that have been acquired without regard for friendship, comfort and charity.

Kural 1010:
சீருடைச் செல்வர் சிறுதுனி மாரி
வறங்கூர்ந் தனையது உடைத்து.
seerutaich chelvar siRudhuni maari
vaRangoornh thanaiyadhu udaiththu
English couplet:
'Tis as when rain cloud in the heaven grows day,
When generous wealthy man endures brief poverty.
Explanation: The short-lived poverty of those who are noble and rich is like the clouds becoming poor (for a while).