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Thirukkural 325

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 325

நிலைஅஞ்சி நீத்தாருள் எல்லாம் கொலைஅஞ்சிக்
கொல்லாமை சூழ்வான் தலை.

Nilaianji Neeththaarul Ellaam Kolaianjik
Kollaamai Soozhvaan Thalai

Of those who 'being' dread, and all renounce, the chief are they, Who dreading crime of slaughter, study nought to slay

Meaning

Of all those who, fearing the permanence of earthly births, have abandoned desire, he is the chief who, fearing (the guilt of) murder, considers how he may avoid the destruction of life.

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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