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Chapter 12: நடுவு நிலைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 12

Kural 111

நடுவு நிலைமை

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திருக்குறள்

தகுதி எனவொன்று நன்றே பகுதியால் பாற்பட்டு ஒழுகப் பெறின்.

Thakudhi Enavondru Nandre Pakudhiyaal Paarpattu Ozhukap Perin

“Equity is supreme virtue It is to give each man his due”

If justice, failing not, its quality maintain,Giving to each his due, -'tis man's one highest gain

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Kural #111

The Balanced Scale

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that impartiality toward friends, strangers, and enemies is a supreme virtue. That equity which consists in acting with equal regard to each of (the three) divisions of men [enemies, strangers and friends] is a pre-eminent virtue

8–14 yr 1 min