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Thirukkural 326

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 326

கொல்லாமை மேற்கொண் டொழுகுவான் வாழ்நாள்மேல்
செல்லாது உயிருண்ணுங் கூற்று.

Kollaamai Merkon Tozhukuvaan Vaazhnaalmel
Sellaadhu Uyirunnung Kootru

Ev'n death that life devours, their happy days shall spare, Who law, 'Thou shall not kill', uphold with reverent care

Meaning

Yama, the destroyer of life, will not attack the life of him, who acts under the determination of never destroying 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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