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Thirukkural 658

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

Kural 658

கடிந்த கடிந்தொரார் செய்தார்க்கு அவைதாம்
முடிந்தாலும் பீழை தரும்.

Katindha Katindhoraar Seydhaarkku Avaidhaam
Mutindhaalum Peezhai Tharum

To those who hate reproof and do forbidden thingWhat prospers now, in after days shall anguish bring

Meaning

The actions of those, who have not desisted from doing deeds forbidden (by the great), will, even if they succeed, cause them sorrow.

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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