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Thirukkural 280

Chapter 28: கூடா ஒழுக்கம் (Imposture) · Virtue

Kural 280

மழித்தலும் நீட்டலும் வேண்டா உலகம்
பழித்தது ஒழித்து விடின்.

Mazhiththalum Neettalum Ventaa Ulakam
Pazhiththadhu Ozhiththu Vitin

What's the worth of shaven head or tresses long, If you shun what all the world condemns as wrong

Meaning

There is no need of a shaven crown, nor of tangled hair, if a man abstain from those deeds which the wise have condemned.

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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