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Thirukkural 170

Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை (Not Envying) · Virtue

Kural 170

அழுக்கற்று அகன்றாரும் இல்லை அஃதுஇல்லார்
பெருக்கத்தில் தீர்ந்தாரும் இல்.

Azhukkatru Akandraarum Illai Aqdhuillaar
Perukkaththil Theerndhaarum Il

No envious men to large and full felicity attain; No men from envy free have failed a sure increase to gain

Meaning

Never have the envious become great; never have those who are free from envy been without greatness.

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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