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Thirukkural 271

Chapter 28: கூடா ஒழுக்கம் (Imposture) · Virtue

Kural 271

வஞ்ச மனத்தான் படிற்றொழுக்கம் பூதங்கள்
ஐந்தும் அகத்தே நகும்.

Vanja Manaththaan Patitrozhukkam Poodhangal
Aindhum Akaththe Nakum

Who with deceitful mind in false way walks of covert sin, The five-fold elements his frame compose, decide within

Meaning

The five elements (of his body) will laugh within him at the feigned conduct of the deceitful minded man.

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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