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Thirukkural 164

Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை (Not Envying) · Virtue

Kural 164

அழுக்காற்றின் அல்லவை செய்யார் இழுக்காற்றின்
ஏதம் படுபாக்கு அறிந்து.

Azhukkaatrin Allavai Seyyaar Izhukkaatrin
Edham Patupaakku Arindhu

The wise through envy break not virtue's laws, Knowing ill-deeds of foul disgrace the cause

Meaning

(The wise) knowing the misery that comes from transgression will not through envy commit unrighteous deeds.

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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