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Thirukkural 145

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

Kural 145

எளிதென இல்லிறப்பான் எய்துமெஞ் ஞான்றும்
விளியாது நிற்கும் பழி.

Elidhena Illirappaan Eydhumenj Gnaandrum
Viliyaadhu Nirkum Pazhi

'Mere triflel' saying thus, invades the home, so he ensuresA gain of guilt that deathless aye endures

Meaning

He who thinks lightly of going into the wife of another acquires guilt that will abide with him imperishably and for ever.

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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