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Chapter 15: பிறனில் விழையாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 15

Kural 144

பிறனில் விழையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

எனைத்துணையர் ஆயினும் என்னாம் தினைத்துணையும் தேரான் பிறனில் புகல்.

Enaiththunaiyar Aayinum Ennaam Thinaiththunaiyum Theraan Piranil Pukal

“Their boasted greatness means nothing When to another's wife they cling”

How great soe'er they be, what gain have they of life,Who, not a whit reflecting, seek a neighbour's wife

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Kural #144

The True Measure of Greatness

The story illustrates that even the most powerful person loses all value if they disrespect the sanctity of another's family. However great one may be, what does it avail if, without at all considering his guilt, he goes unto the wife of another ?

6–10 yr 1 min