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Thirukkural 282

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

Kural 282

உள்ளத்தால் உள்ளலும் தீதே பிறன்பொருளைக்
கள்ளத்தால் கள்வேம் எனல்.

Ullaththaal Ullalum Theedhe Piranporulaik
Kallaththaal Kalvem Enal

'Tis sin if in the mind man but thought conceive;'By fraud I will my neighbour of his wealth bereave.'

Meaning

Even the thought (of sin) is sin; think not then of crafiily stealing the property of another.

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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