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Thirukkural 167

Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை (Not Envying) · Virtue

Kural 167

அவ்வித்து அழுக்காறு உடையானைச் செய்யவள்
தவ்வையைக் காட்டி விடும்.

Avviththu Azhukkaaru Utaiyaanaich Cheyyaval
Thavvaiyaik Kaatti Vitum

From envious man good fortune's goddess turns away, Grudging him good, and points him out misfortune's prey

Meaning

Lakshmi envying (the prosperity) of the envious man will depart and introduce him to her sister.

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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