THIRUKURAL 332 Savings lost

Thirukkural on Savings Lost.

In 1975, a person known to me took a LIC policy for Rs one lakh for 30 years paying a quarterly premium of Rs 1000. In those days it was a big amount. In 2005, at his age of 65 it matured and brought three lakhs ( including all the benefits). At that time, he had retired from his private service and remained alone as he was not married.He was proud of the cheque of three lakhs received from LIC, he wanted it to deposit in a fixed account and get a monthly income of Rs.2500.

All of a sudden, one night he developed chest pain,admitted in Cardiac ICU, diagonised heart attack , treated for a week, angiogram revealed three vessels block, bye pass surgery conducted.

In total one month hospitalisation costed three lakhs. Money saved a little by little like a sparrow for a period of 30 years,  disappeared in 30 days.

Another person spent 35 years of his savings to get an engineering seat for his son.
That is the nature of money every where, universally it is the same.

Thiruvalluvar explains this with a beautiful example:

"In a drama hall people gather one by one for a long period to attend a show. After the show, the crowd suddenly disperse in no time. Like this money saved little by little for a long period will suddenly disappear by some  major expense."

THE MORE THE MONEY YOU HAVE, THE MORE IS THE EXPENSE.

See the essence of Kural 332:

"Like a crowd that assembles for a drama, money accumulates slowly,

Like the crowd disperses at the end, money disappears suddenly."

கூத்தாட் டவைக்குழாத் தற்றே பெருஞ்செல்வம்
போக்கும் அருவிளிந் தற்று. ( 332)