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Thirukkural 324

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 324

நல்லாறு எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதொன்றும்
கொல்லாமை சூழும் நெறி.

Nallaaru Enappatuvadhu Yaadhenin Yaadhondrum
Kollaamai Soozhum Neri

You ask, What is the good and perfect way?'Tis path of him who studies nought to slay

Meaning

Good path is that which considers how it may avoid killing any creature.

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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