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Chapter 12: நடுவு நிலைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 12

Kural 116

நடுவு நிலைமை

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திருக்குறள்

கெடுவல்யான் என்பது அறிகதன் நெஞ்சம் நடுவொரீஇ அல்ல செயின்.

Ketuvalyaan Enpadhu Arikadhan Nenjam Natuvoreei Alla Seyin

“Of perdition let him be sure Who leaves justice to sinful lure”

If, right deserting, heart to evil turn,Let man impending ruin's sign discern

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Kural #116

The Shadow of Justice

The story reflects the Kural by showing how Ravi's conscience warned him that acting unfairly would lead to his downfall. Let him whose mind departing from equity commits sin well consider thus within himself, "I shall perish."

8–14 yr 1 min