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Thirukkural 265

Kural 265

வேண்டிய வேண்டியாங் கெய்தலால் செய்தவம்
ஈண்டு முயலப் படும்.

Ventiya Ventiyaang Keydhalaal Seydhavam
Eentu Muyalap Patum

That what they wish may, as they wish, be won, By men on earth are works of painful 'penance' done

Meaning

Religious dislipline is practised in this world, because it secures the attainment of whatever one may wish to enjoy (in the world to come).

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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