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Thirukkural 207

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

Kural 207

எனைப்பகை யுற்றாரும் உய்வர் வினைப்பகை
வீயாது பின்சென்று அடும்.

Enaippakai Yutraarum Uyvar Vinaippakai
Veeyaadhu Pinsendru Atum

From every enmity incurred there is to 'scape, a way; The wrath of evil deeds will dog men's steps, and slay

Meaning

However great be the enmity men have incurred they may still live The enmity of sin will incessantly pursue and kill.

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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