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Thirukkural 965

Kural 965

குன்றின் அனையாரும் குன்றுவர் குன்றுவ
குன்றி அனைய செயின்.

Kundrin Anaiyaarum Kundruvar Kundruva
Kundri Anaiya Seyin

If meanness, slight as 'abrus' grain, by men be wrought, Though like a hill their high estate, they sink to nought

Meaning

Even those who are exalted like a hill will be thought low, if they commit deeds that are debasing.

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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