Kinds Of Appreciation [from 'proverbs 400' In Tamil] Poem by Rajendran Muthiah

65. When the reasons for not receiving the fruits
of labour are unknown, they praise themselves
as the fit recipients. It likens to sell
the bird in the field for a gram of gold.

66. O, chief of the hills abound with bamboos!
The good maids though own jewels not fitting
they wear them not. If someone showers praise
undeserved, one must restrain him.

67. When his mother and father praise not his worth
he toots his own horn. It won't be painful
to flatter him for one but it is to say
a dog lying near the hearth as the tiger.

68. If one says strange words of ingratitude
among the gathering of one's kin
without using words of worth, it won't be good.
One man alone shouldn't be praised in a conclave.