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Thirukkural 283

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

Kural 283

களவினால் ஆகிய ஆக்கம் அளவிறந்து
ஆவது போலக் கெடும்.

Kalavinaal Aakiya Aakkam Alavirandhu
Aavadhu Polak Ketum

The gain that comes by fraud, although it seems to growWith limitless increase, to ruin swift shall go

Meaning

The property, which is acquired by fraud, will entirely perish, even while it seems to increase.

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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