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Thirukkural 892

Chapter 90: பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை (Not Offending the Great) · Wealth

Kural 892

பெரியாரைப் பேணாது ஒழுகிற் பெரியாரால்
பேரா இடும்பை தரும்.

Periyaaraip Penaadhu Ozhukir Periyaaraal
Peraa Itumpai Tharum

If men will lead their lives reckless of great men's will, Such life, through great men's powers, will bring perpetual ill

Meaning

To behave without respect for the great (rulers) will make them do (us) irremediable evils.

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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