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Thirukkural 261

Kural 261

உற்றநோய் நோன்றல் உயிர்க்குறுகண் செய்யாமை
அற்றே தவத்திற் குரு.

Utranoi Nondral Uyirkkurukan Seyyaamai
Atre Thavaththir Kuru

To bear due penitential pains, while no offenceHe causes others, is the type of 'penitence'

Meaning

The nature of religious discipline consists, in the endurance (by the ascetic) of the sufferings which it brings on himself, and in abstaining from giving pain to others.

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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