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Thirukkural 210

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

Kural 210

அருங்கேடன் என்பது அறிக மருங்கோடித்
தீவினை செய்யான் எனின்.

Arungetan Enpadhu Arika Marungotith
Theevinai Seyyaan Enin

The man, to devious way of sin that never turned aside, From ruin rests secure, whatever ills betide

Meaning

Know ye that he is freed from destruction who commits no evil, going to neither side of the right path.

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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