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Thirukkural 433

Chapter 44: குற்றங்கடிதல் (The Correction of Faults) · Wealth

Kural 433

தினைத்துணையாங் குற்றம் வரினும் பனைத்துணையாக்
கொள்வர் பழிநாணு வார்.

Thinaiththunaiyaang Kutram Varinum Panaiththunaiyaak
Kolvar Pazhinaanu Vaar

Though small as millet-seed the fault men deem; As palm tree vast to those who fear disgrace 'twill seem

Meaning

Those who fear guilt, if they commit a fault small as a millet seed, will consider it to be as large as a palmyra tree.

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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