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Thirukkural 434

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

Kural 434

குற்றமே காக்க பொருளாகக் குற்றமே
அற்றந் த்ரூஉம் பகை.

Kutrame Kaakka Porulaakak Kutrame
Atran Tharooum Pakai

Freedom from faults is wealth; watch heedfully'Gainst these, for fault is fatal enmity

Meaning

Guard against faults as a matter (of great consequence; for) faults are a deadly enemy.

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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