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Thirukkural 173

Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை (Not Coveting) · Virtue

Kural 173

சிற்றின்பம் வெஃகி அறனல்ல செய்யாரே
மற்றின்பம் வேண்டு பவர்.

Sitrinpam Veqki Aranalla Seyyaare
Matrinpam Ventu Pavar

No deeds of ill, misled by base desire, Do they, whose souls to other joys aspire

Meaning

Those who desire the higher pleasures (of heaven) will not act unjustly through desire of the trifling joy. (in this life.)

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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