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Thirukkural 148

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

Kural 148

பிறன்மனை நோக்காத பேராண்மை சான்றோர்க்கு
அறனொன்றோ ஆன்ற வொழுக்கு.

Piranmanai Nokkaadha Peraanmai Saandrorkku
Aranondro Aandra Vozhukku

Manly excellence, that looks not on another's wife, Is not virtue merely, 'tis full 'propriety' of life

Meaning

That noble manliness which looks not at the wife of another is the virtue and dignity of the great.

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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