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Thirukkural 319

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

Kural 319

பிறர்க்கின்னா முற்பகல் செய்யின் தமக்குஇன்னா
பிற்பகல் தாமே வரும்.

Pirarkkinnaa Murpakal Seyyin Thamakku
Innaa Pirpakal Thaame Varum

If, ere the noontide, you to others evil do, Before the eventide will evil visit you

Meaning

If a man inflict sorrow upon others in the morning, it will come upon him unsought in the very evening.

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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