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Thirukkural 328

Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை (Not killing) · Virtue

Kural 328

நன்றாகும் ஆக்கம் பெரிதெனினும் சான்றோர்க்குக்
கொன்றாகும் ஆக்கங் கடை.

Nandraakum Aakkam Peridheninum Saandrorkkuk
Kondraakum Aakkang Katai

Though great the gain of good should seem, the wiseWill any gain by staughter won despise

Meaning

The advantage which might flow from destroying life in sacrifice, is dishonourable to the wise (who renounced the world), even although it should be said to be productive of great good.

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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