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Thirukkural 896

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

Kural 896

எரியால் சுடப்படினும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்யார்
பெரியார்ப் பிழைத்தொழுகு வார்.

Eriyaal Sutappatinum Uyvuntaam Uyyaar
Periyaarp Pizhaiththozhuku Vaar

Though in the conflagration caught, he may escape from thence:He 'scapes not who in life to great ones gives offence

Meaning

Though burnt by a fire (from a forest), one may perhaps live; (but) never will he live who has shown disrespect to the great (devotees).

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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