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Thirukkural 314

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

Kural 314

இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண
நன்னயஞ் செய்து விடல்.

Innaasey Thaarai Oruththal Avarnaana
Nannayanj Cheydhu Vital

To punish wrong, with kindly benefits the doers ply; Thus shame their souls; but pass the ill unheeded by

Meaning

The (proper) punishment to those who have done evil (to you), is to put them to shame by showing them kindness, in return and to forget both the evil and the good done on both sides.

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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