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Thirukkural 168

Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை (Not Envying) · Virtue

Kural 168

அழுக்காறு எனஒரு பாவி திருச்செற்றுத்
தீயுழி உய்த்து விடும்.

Azhukkaaru Enaoru Paavi Thiruchchetruth
Theeyuzhi Uyththu Vitum

Envy, embodied ill, incomparable bane, Good fortune slays, and soul consigns to fiery pain

Meaning

Envy will destroy (a man's) wealth (in his world) and drive him into the pit of fire (in the world to come.)

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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