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Thirukkural 281

Chapter 29: கள்ளாமை (The Absence of Fraud) · Virtue

Kural 281

எள்ளாமை வேண்டுவான் என்பான் எனைத்தொன்றும்
கள்ளாமை காக்கதன் நெஞ்சு.

Ellaamai Ventuvaan Enpaan Enaiththondrum
Kallaamai Kaakkadhan Nenju

Who seeks heaven's joys, from impious levity secure, Let him from every fraud preserve his spirit pure

Meaning

Let him, who desires not to be despised, keep his mind from (the desire of) defrauding another of the smallest thing.

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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