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Thirukkural 318

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

Kural 318

தன்னுயிர்ககு ஏன்னாமை தானறிவான் என்கொலோ
மன்னுயிர்க்கு இன்னா செயல்.

Thannuyirkaku Ennaamai Thaanarivaan Enkolo
Mannuyirkku Innaa Seyal

Whose soul has felt the bitter smart of wrong, how canHe wrongs inflict on ever-living soul of man

Meaning

Why does a man inflict upon other creatures those sufferings, which he has found by experience are sufferings to himself ?

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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