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Thirukkural 171

Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை (Not Coveting) · Virtue

Kural 171

நடுவின்றி நன்பொருள் வெஃகின் குடிபொன்றிக்
குற்றமும் ஆங்கே தரும்.

Natuvindri Nanporul Veqkin Kutipondrik
Kutramum Aange Tharum

With soul unjust to covet others' well-earned store, Brings ruin to the home, to evil opes the door

Meaning

If a man departing from equity covet the property (of others), at that very time will his family be destroyed and guilt be incurred.

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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