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Thirukkural 286

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

Kural 286

அளவின்கண் நின்றொழுகல் ஆற்றார் களவின்கண்
கன்றிய காத லவர்.

Alavinkan Nindrozhukal Aatraar Kalavinkan
Kandriya Kaadha Lavar

They cannot walk restrained in wisdom's measured bound, In whom inveterate lust of fraudful gain is found

Meaning

They cannot walk steadfastly, according to rule, who eagerly desire to defraud others.

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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