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Thirukkural 312

Chapter 32: இன்னா செய்யாமை (Not doing Evil) · Virtue

Kural 312

கறுத்துஇன்னா செய்தவக் கண்ணும் மறுத்தின்னா
செய்யாமை மாசற்றார் கோள்.

Karuththuinnaa Seydhavak Kannum Maruththinnaa
Seyyaamai Maasatraar Kol

Though malice work its worst, planning no ill return, to endure, And work no ill, is fixed decree of men in spirit pure

Meaning

It is the determination of the spotless not to do evil, even in return, to those who have cherished enmity and done them evil.

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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