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Thirukkural 142

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

Kural 142

அறன்கடை நின்றாருள் எல்லாம் பிறன்கடை
நின்றாரின் பேதையார் இல்.

Arankatai Nindraarul Ellaam Pirankatai
Nindraarin Pedhaiyaar Il

No fools, of all that stand from virtue's pale shut out, Like those who longing lurk their neighbour's gate without

Meaning

Among all those who stand on the outside of virtue, there are no greater fools than those who stand outside their neighbour's door.

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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