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Thirukkural 214

Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல் (Duty to Society) · Virtue

Kural 214

ஒத்த தறவோன் உயிர்வாழ்வான் மற்றையான்
செத்தாருள் வைக்கப் படும்.

Oththa Tharavon Uyirvaazhvaan Matraiyaan
Seththaarul Vaikkap Patum

Who knows what's human life's befitting grace, He lives; the rest 'mongst dead men have their place

Meaning

He truly lives who knows (and discharges) the proper duties (of benevolence) He who knows them not will be reckoned among the dead.

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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