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Thirukkural 321

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 321

அறவினை யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை கோறல்
பிறவினை எல்லாந் தரும்.

Aravinai Yaadhenin Kollaamai Koral
Piravinai Ellaan Tharum

What is the work of virtue? 'Not to kill'; For 'killing' leads to every work of ill

Meaning

Never to destroy life is the sum of all virtuous conduct The destruction of life leads to every evil.

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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