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Thirukkural 655

Chapter 66: வினைத் தூய்மை (Purity in Action) · Wealth

Kural 655

எற்றென்று இரங்குவ செய்யற்க செய்வானேல்
மற்றன்ன செய்யாமை நன்று.

Etrendru Iranguva Seyyarka Seyvaanel
Matranna Seyyaamai Nandru

Do nought that soul repenting must deplore, If thou hast sinned, 'tis well if thou dost sin no more

Meaning

Let a minister never do acts of which he would have to grieve saying, "what is this I have done"; (but) should he do (them), it were good that he grieved not.

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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