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Thirukkural 141

Chapter 15: பிறனில் விழையாமை (Not Coveting Another's Wife) · Virtue

Kural 141

பிறன்பொருளாள் பெட்டொழுகும் பேதைமை ஞாலத்து
அறம்பொருள் கண்டார்கண் இல்.

Piranporulaal Pettozhukum Pedhaimai Gnaalaththu
Aramporul Kantaarkan Il

Who laws of virtue and possession's rights have known, Indulge no foolish love of her by right another's own

Meaning

The folly of desiring her who is the property of another will not be found in those who know (the attributes of) virtue and (the rights of) property.

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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