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Thirukkural 109

Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல் (Gratitude) · Virtue

Kural 109

கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த
ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்.

Kondranna Innaa Seyinum Avarseydha
Ondrunandru Ullak Ketum

Effaced straightway is deadliest injury, By thought of one kind act in days gone by

Meaning

Though one inflict an injury great as murder, it will perish before the thought of one benefit (formerly) conferred.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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