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Thirukkural 275

Chapter 28: கூடா ஒழுக்கம் (Imposture) · Virtue

Kural 275

பற்றற்றேம் என்பார் படிற்றொழுக்கம் எற்றெற்றென்று
ஏதம் பலவுந் தரும்.

Patratrem Enpaar Patitrozhukkam Etretrendru
Edham Palavun Tharum

'Our souls are free,' who say, yet practise evil secretly,'What folly have we wrought!' by many shames o'er-whelmed, shall cry

Meaning

The false conduct of those who say they have renounced all desire will one day bring them sorrows that will make them cry out, "Oh! what have we done, what have we done."

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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