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Thirukkural 174

Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை (Not Coveting) · Virtue

Kural 174

இலமென்று வெஃகுதல் செய்யார் புலம்வென்ற
புன்மையில் காட்சி யவர்.

Ilamendru Veqkudhal Seyyaar Pulamvendra
Punmaiyil Kaatchi Yavar

Men who have conquered sense, with sight from sordid vision freed, Desire not other's goods, e'en in the hour of sorest need

Meaning

The wise who have conquered their senses and are free from crime, will not covet (the things of others), with the thought "we are destitute."

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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