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Thirukkural 284

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

Kural 284

களவின்கண் கன்றிய காதல் விளைவின்கண்
வீயா விழுமம் தரும்.

Kalavinkan Kandriya Kaadhal Vilaivinkan
Veeyaa Vizhumam Tharum

The lust inveterate of fraudful gain, Yields as its fruit undying pain

Meaning

The eager desire of defrauding others will, when it brings forth its fruit, produce undying sorrow.

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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