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Thirukkural 205

Chapter 21: தீவினையச்சம் (Dread of Evil Deeds) · Virtue

Kural 205

இலன்என்று தீயவை செய்யற்க செய்யின்
இலனாகும் மற்றும் பெயர்த்து.

Ilan Endru Theeyavai Seyyarka
Seyyin Ilanaakum Matrum Peyarththu

Make not thy poverty a plea for ill; Thy evil deeds will make thee poorer still

Meaning

Commit not evil, saying, "I am poor": if you do, you will become poorer still.

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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