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Thirukkural 835

Kural 835

ஒருமைச் செயலாற்றும் பேதை எழுமையும்
தான்புக் கழுந்தும் அளறு.

Orumaich Cheyalaatrum Pedhai Ezhumaiyum
Thaanpuk Kazhundhum Alaru

The fool will merit hell in one brief life on earth, In which he entering sinks through sevenfold round of birth

Meaning

A fool can procure in a single birth a hell into which he may enter and suffer through all the seven births.

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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