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Chapter 11: செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 11

Kural 110

செய்ந்நன்றி அறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

எந்நன்றி கொன்றார்க்கும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்வில்லை செய்ந்நன்றி கொன்ற மகற்கு.

Ennandri Kondraarkkum Uyvuntaam Uyvillai Seynnandri Kondra Makarku

“The virtue-killer may be saved Not benefit-killer who is damned”

Who every good have killed, may yet destruction flee;Who 'benefit' has killed, that man shall ne'er 'scape free

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Kural #110

The Debt of the Heart

The story illustrates that while one can recover from many errors, betraying or forgetting a benefit received is an unforgivable moral lapse. He who has killed every virtue may yet escape; there is no escape for him who has killed a benefit

8–14 yr 2 min