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Thirukkural 258

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

Kural 258

செயிரின் தலைப்பிரிந்த காட்சியார் உண்ணார்
உயிரின் தலைப்பிரிந்த ஊன்.

Seyirin Thalaippirindha Kaatchiyaar Unnaar
Uyirin Thalaippirindha Oon

Whose souls the vision pure and passionless perceive, Eat not the bodies men of life bereave

Meaning

The wise, who have freed themselves from mental delusion, will not eat the flesh which has been severed from an animal.

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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