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Thirukkural 285

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

Kural 285

அருள்கருதி அன்புடைய ராதல் பொருள்கருதிப்
பொச்சாப்புப் பார்ப்பார்கண் இல்.

Arulkarudhi Anputaiya Raadhal Porulkarudhip
Pochchaappup Paarppaarkan Il

'Grace' is not in their thoughts, nor know they kind affection's power, Who neighbour's goods desire, and watch for his unguarded hour

Meaning

The study of kindness and the exercise of benevolence is not with those who watch for another's forgetfulness, though desire of his property.

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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