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Thirukkural 176

Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை (Not Coveting) · Virtue

Kural 176

அருள்வெஃகி ஆற்றின்கண் நின்றான் பொருள்வெஃகிப்
பொல்லாத சூழக் கெடும்.

Arulveqki Aatrinkan Nindraan Porulveqkip
Pollaadha Soozhak Ketum

Though, grace desiring, he in virtue's way stand strong, He's lost who wealth desires, and ponders deeds of wrong

Meaning

If he, who through desire of the virtue of kindness abides in the domestic state ie, the path in which it may be obtained, covet (the property of others) and think of evil methods (to obtain it), he will perish.

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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