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Thirukkural 121

Chapter 13: அடக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Self-restraint) · Virtue

Kural 121

அடக்கம் அமரருள் உய்க்கும் அடங்காமை
ஆரிருள் உய்த்து விடும்.

Atakkam Amararul Uykkum Atangaamai
Aarirul Uyththu Vitum

Control of self does man conduct to bliss th' immortals share; Indulgence leads to deepest night, and leaves him there

Meaning

Self-control will place (a man) among the Gods; the want of it will drive (him) into the thickest darkness (of hell).

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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