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Thirukkural 206

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

Kural 206

தீப்பால தான்பிறர்கண் செய்யற்க நோய்ப்பால
தன்னை அடல்வேண்டா தான்.

Theeppaala Thaanpirarkan Seyyarka Noippaala
Thannai Atalventaa Thaan

What ranks as evil spare to do, if thou would'st shunAffliction sore through ill to thee by others done

Meaning

Let him not do evil to others who desires not that sorrows should pursue him.

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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