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Chapter 15: பிறனில் விழையாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 15

Kural 143

பிறனில் விழையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

விளிந்தாரின் வேறல்லர் மன்ற தெளிந்தாரில் தீமை புரிந்து ஒழுகு வார்.

Vilindhaarin Verallar Mandra Thelindhaaril Theemai Purindhu Ozhuku Vaar

“The vile are dead who evil aim And put faithful friends' wives to shame”

They're numbered with the dead, e'en while they live, -how otherwise?With wife of sure confiding friend who evil things devise

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Kural #143

The Man Without a Shadow

The story illustrates that coveting or attempting to disrupt another's marital harmony leads to a loss of character and soul. Certainly they are no better than dead men who desire evil towards the wife of those who

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