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Thirukkural 327

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 327

தன்னுயிர் நீப்பினும் செய்யற்க தான்பிறிது
இன்னுயிர் நீக்கும் வினை.

Thannuyir Neeppinum Seyyarka Thaanpiridhu
Innuyir Neekkum Vinai

Though thine own life for that spared life the price must pay, Take not from aught that lives gift of sweet life away

Meaning

Let no one do that which would destroy the life of another, although he should by so doing, lose his own 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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