வகுத்தான் வகுத்த வகையல்லால் கோடி
தொகுத்தார்க்கும் துய்த்தல் அரிது.
VahutthAn vahuttha vahai allAl kOdi
ThohutthArkum Thuythal arithu.
VahutthAn – The Devisor or the designer
Vahuttha Vahai allAl – away from the ways and means decreed
kOdi ThohutthArkum – Even for those who have earned millions
Thuytthal – to consume and enjoy
Arithu – is next to impossible
Here the poet talks of three activities of economics. Thohutthal – collection, Vahutthal – Distribution, Thuytthal – Consumption. One may earn and accumulate wealth. He may even plan and distribute the wealth in his own way. But what he can on his own consume and enjoy, is already decreed by God. Nothing more and nothing less. We may compare this with the present day saying: “Dane dane par likha hai, Khanewalleh ka naam” – (i.e.), in each grain is engraved its eater’s name.
Except by the way decreed by the Eternal Designer, even a person who has earned millions cannot enjoy his wealth any more or any less.
