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Thirukkural 33

Chapter 4: அறன் வலியுறுத்தல் (Assertion of the Strength of Virtue) · Virtue

Kural 33

ஒல்லும் வகையான் அறவினை ஓவாதே
செல்லும்வாய் எல்லாஞ் செயல்.

Ollum Vakaiyaan Aravinai Ovaadhe
Sellumvaai Ellaanj Cheyal

To finish virtue's work with ceaseless effort strive, What way thou may'st, where'er thou see'st the work may thrive

Meaning

As much as possible, in every way, incessantly practise virtue.

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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