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Chapter 102: நாணுடைமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 102

Kural 1018

நாணுடைமை

Position 8/10

திருக்குறள்

பிறர்நாணத் தக்கது தான்நாணா னாயின் அறம்நாணத் தக்கது உடைத்து.

Pirarnaanath Thakkadhu Thaannaanaa Naayin Aramnaanath Thakkadhu Utaiththu

“Virtue is much ashamed of him Who shameless does what others shame”

Though know'st no shame, while all around asha med must be:Virtue will shrink away ashamed of thee

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Kural #1018

Kadir's Lesson of Shame

The story illustrates that losing the sense of social shame leads to the loss of personal virtue. Virtue is likely to forsake him who shamelessly does what others are ashamed of

8–14 yr 1 min