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Thirukkural 260

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

Kural 260

கொல்லான் புலாலை மறுத்தானைக் கைகூப்பி
எல்லா உயிருந் தொழும்.

Kollaan Pulaalai Maruththaanaik Kaikooppi
Ellaa Uyirun Thozhum

Who slays nought,- flesh rejects- his feet beforeAll living things with clasped hands adore

Meaning

All creatures will join their hands together, and worship him who has never taken away life, nor eaten flesh.

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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