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Thirukkural 322

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 322

பகுத்துண்டு பல்லுயிர் ஓம்புதல் நூலோர்
தொகுத்தவற்றுள் எல்லாந் தலை.

Pakuththuntu Palluyir Ompudhal Noolor
Thokuththavatrul Ellaan Thalai

Let those that need partake your meal; guard every-thing that lives; This the chief and sum of lore that hoarded wisdom gives

Meaning

The chief of all (the virtues) which authors have summed up, is the partaking of food that has been shared with others, and the preservation of the mainfold life of other creatures.

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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