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Thirukkural 178

Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை (Not Coveting) · Virtue

Kural 178

அஃகாமை செல்வத்திற்கு யாதெனின் வெஃகாமை
வேண்டும் பிறன்கைப் பொருள்.

Aqkaamai Selvaththirku Yaadhenin Veqkaamai
Ventum Pirankaip Porul

What saves prosperity from swift decline?Absence of lust to make another's cherished riches thine

Meaning

If it is weighed, "what is the indestructibility of wealth," it is freedom from covetousness.

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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