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Thirukkural 316

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

Kural 316

இன்னா எனத்தான் உணர்ந்தவை துன்னாமை
வேண்டும் பிறன்கண் செயல்.

Innaa Enaththaan Unarndhavai Thunnaamai
Ventum Pirankan Seyal

What his own soul has felt as bitter pain, From making others feel should man abstain

Meaning

Let not a man consent to do those things to another which, he knows, will cause 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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