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Thirukkural 272

Chapter 28: கூடா ஒழுக்கம் (Imposture) · Virtue

Kural 272

வானுயர் தோற்றம் எவன்செய்யும் தன்னெஞ்சம்
தான்அறி குற்றப் படின்.

Vaanuyar Thotram Evanseyyum Thannenjam
Thaanari Kutrap Patin

What gain, though virtue's semblance high as heaven his fame exalt, If heart dies down through sense of self-detected fault

Meaning

What avails an appearance (of sanctity) high as heaven, if his mind suffers (the indulgence) of conscious sin.

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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