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Thirukkural 832

Kural 832

பேதைமையுள் எல்லாம் பேதைமை காதன்மை
கையல்ல தன்கட் செயல்.

Pedhaimaiyul Ellaam Pedhaimai Kaadhanmai
Kaiyalla Thankat Seyal

'Mid follies chiefest folly is to fix your loveOn deeds which to your station unbefitting prove

Meaning

The greatest folly is that which leads one to take delight in doing what is forbidden.

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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