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Thirukkural 320

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

Kural 320

நோயெல்லாம் நோய்செய்தார் மேலவாம் நோய்செய்யார்
நோயின்மை வேண்டு பவர்.

Noyellaam Noiseydhaar Melavaam Noiseyyaar
Noyinmai Ventu Pavar

O'er every evil-doer evil broodeth still; He evil shuns who freedom seeks from ill

Meaning

Sorrow will come upon those who cause pain to others; therfore those, who desire to be free from sorrow, give no pain to others.

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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