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Chapter 15: பிறனில் விழையாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 15

Kural 141

பிறனில் விழையாமை

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பிறன்பொருளாள் பெட்டொழுகும் பேதைமை ஞாலத்து அறம்பொருள் கண்டார்கண் இல்.

Piranporulaal Pettozhukum Pedhaimai Gnaalaththu Aramporul Kantaarkan Il

“Who know the wealth and virtue's way After other's wife do not stray”

Who laws of virtue and possession's rights have known,Indulge no foolish love of her by right another's own

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Kural #141

The Mirror of Character

The story illustrates that desiring what belongs to another is a sign of a lack of virtue and understanding of right and wrong. The folly of desiring her who is the property of another will not be found in those who know (the attributes of) virtue and (the rights of) property

8–14 yr 2 min