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Thirukkural 251

Chapter 26: புலால் மறுத்தல் (Abstinence from Flesh) · Virtue

Kural 251

தன்னூன் பெருக்கற்குத் தான்பிறிது ஊனுண்பான்
எங்ஙனம் ஆளும் அருள்?

Thannoon Perukkarkuth Thaanpiridhu Oonunpaan
Engnganam Aalum Arul?

How can the wont of 'kindly grace' to him be known, Who other creatures' flesh consumes to feed his own

Meaning

How can he be possessed of kindness, who to increase his own flesh, eats the flesh 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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