Extending alms

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Eagai

Helping needy

Variyarkondru eavathey eagai matru ellam
Kuriethirpai neerathu udaithu

Helping needy alone worth
Others expecting mirth

Nallaru eninum kolaltheedhu melulagam
Ilenin eedhaley nandru

Accepting help augur not
Well, giving got

Ilanennum evvam uraiyamai eedhal
Kulanudaiyan kanney ula

Seeker denial not worth
Helper high birth

Innathu irakka paduthal irandhavar
Inmugam kaanum alavu

Seeker's face brighten give
Him, pitying naive

Aatruvar aatral pasiatral appasiyai
Matruvar aatralin pin

Fasting bearing hunger, hungers
Others alleviating lingers

Atrar azhipasi theerthal aguthoruvan
Petran porulvai puzhi

Remove hunger of poor
That goes more

Pathun mareeyi yavanai pasiennum
Theepini thheendal arithu

Sharing board with others
Hunger never bothers

Eethuvakkum inbam ariyarkol thaamudaimai
Vaithizhakkum vaka navar

Earned wealth kept self,
Loose, unsee pelf

Irathalin innadhu mandra nirappiya
Thamay thamiyar unal

Consuming sans sharing befits
Worse begging benefits

Sadhalin innadhathu illai inidhathuvum
Eedal iyaiya kadai

Death most painful noble
When alming unable