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Thirukkural 146

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

Kural 146

பகைபாவம் அச்சம் பழியென நான்கும்
இகவாவாம் இல்லிறப்பான் கண்.

Pakaipaavam Achcham Pazhiyena Naankum
Ikavaavaam Illirappaan Kan

Who home ivades, from him pass nevermore, Hatred and sin, fear, foul disgrace; these four

Meaning

Hatred, sin, fear, disgrace; these four will never leave him who goes in to his neighbour's wife.

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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