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Thirukkural 35

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

Kural 35

அழுக்காறு அவாவெகுளி இன்னாச்சொல் நான்கும்
இழுக்கா இயன்றது அறம்.

Azhukkaaru Avaavekuli Innaachchol Naankum
Izhukkaa Iyandradhu Aram

'Tis virtue when, his footsteps sliding not through envy, wrath, Lust, evil speech-these four, man onwards moves in ordered path

Meaning

That conduct is virtue which is free from these four things, viz, malice, desire, anger and bitter speech.

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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