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Thirukkural 865

Chapter 87: பகை மாட்சி (The Might of Hatred) · Wealth

Kural 865

வழிநோக்கான் வாய்ப்பன செய்யான் பழிநோக்கான்
பண்பிலன் பற்றார்க்கு இனிது.

Vazhinokkaan Vaaippana Seyyaan Pazhinokkaan
Panpilan Patraarkku Inidhu

No way of right he scans, no precepts bind, no crimes affright, No grace of good he owns; such man's his foes' delight

Meaning

(A) pleasing (object) to his foes is he who reads not moral works, does nothing that is enjoined by them cares not for reproach and is not possessed of good qualities.

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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