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Thirukkural 157

Chapter 16: பொறையுடைமை (The Possession of Patience, Forbearance) · Virtue

Kural 157

திறனல்ல தற்பிறர் செய்யினும் நோநொந்து
அறனல்ல செய்யாமை நன்று.

Thiranalla Tharpirar Seyyinum Nonondhu
Aranalla Seyyaamai Nandru

Though others work thee ill, thus shalt thou blessing reap; Grieve for their sin, thyself from vicious action keep

Meaning

Though others inflict injuries on you, yet compassionating the evil (that will come upon them) it will be well not to do them anything contrary to virtue.

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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