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Thirukkural 317

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

Kural 317

எனைத்தானும் எஞ்ஞான்றும் யார்க்கும் மனத்தானாம்
மாணாசெய் யாமை தலை.

Enaiththaanum Egngnaandrum Yaarkkum Manaththaanaam
Maanaasey Yaamai Thalai

To work no wilful woe, in any wise, through all the days, To any living soul, is virtue's highest praise

Meaning

It is the chief of all virtues not knowingly to do any person evil, even in the lowest degree, and at any time.

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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