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Thirukkural 149

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

Kural 149

நலக்குரியார் யாரெனின் நாமநீர் வைப்பின்
பிறர்க்குரியாள் தோள்தோயா தார்.

Nalakkuriyaar Yaarenin Naamaneer Vaippin
Pirarkkuriyaal Tholdhoyaa Thaar

Who 're good indeed, on earth begirt by ocean's gruesome tide?The men who touch not her that is another's bride

Meaning

Is it asked, "who are those who shall obtain good in this world surrounded by the terror-producing sea ?" Those who touch not the shoulder of her who belongs to another.

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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