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Thirukkural 253

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

Kural 253

படைகொண்டார் நெஞ்சம்போல் நன்னூக்காது ஒன்றன்
உடல்சுவை உண்டார் மனம்.

Pataikontaar Nenjampol Nannookkaadhu Ondran
Utalsuvai Untaar Manam

Like heart of them that murderous weapons bear, his mind, Who eats of savoury meat, no joy in good can find

Meaning

Like the (murderous) mind of him who carries a weapon (in his hand), the mind of him who feasts with pleasure on the body of another (creature), has no regard for goodness.

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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