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Thirukkural 259

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

Kural 259

அவிசொரிந் தாயிரம் வேட்டலின் ஒன்றன்
உயிர்செகுத் துண்ணாமை நன்று.

Avisorin Thaayiram Vettalin Ondran
Uyirsekuth Thunnaamai Nandru

Than thousand rich oblations, with libations rare, Better the flesh of slaughtered beings not to share

Meaning

Not to kill and eat (the flesh of) an animal, is better than the pouring forth of ghee etc, in a thousand sacrifices.

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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