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Thirukkural 180

Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை (Not Coveting) · Virtue

Kural 180

இறலீனும் எண்ணாது வெஃகின் விறல்ஈனும்
வேண்டாமை என்னுஞ் செருக்கு.

Iraleenum Ennaadhu Veqkin Viraleenum
Ventaamai Ennunj Cherukku

From thoughtless lust of other's goods springs fatal ill, Greatness of soul that covets not shall triumph still

Meaning

To covet (the wealth of another) regardless of consequences will bring destruction That greatness (of mind) which covets not will give victory.

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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