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Thirukkural 893

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

Kural 893

கெடல்வேண்டின் கேளாது செய்க அடல்வேண்டின்
ஆற்று பவர்கண் இழுக்கு.

Ketalventin Kelaadhu Seyka Atalventin
Aatru Pavarkan Izhukku

Who ruin covet let them shut their ears, and do despiteTo those who, where they list to ruin have the might

Meaning

If a person desires ruin, let him not listen to the righteous dictates of law, but commit crimes against those who are able to slay (other sovereigns).

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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