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Thirukkural 244

Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை (Compassion) · Virtue

Kural 244

மன்னுயிர் ஓம்பி அருளாள்வார்க்கு இல்லென்ப
தன்னுயிர் அஞ்சும் வினை.

Mannuyir Ompi Arulaalvaarkku Illenpa
Thannuyir Anjum Vinai

Who for undying souls of men provides with gracious zeal, In his own soul the dreaded guilt of sin shall never feel

Meaning

(The wise) say that the evils, which his soul would dread, will never come upon the man who exercises kindness and protects the life (of other creatures).

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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