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Chapter 15: பிறனில் விழையாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 15

Kural 145

பிறனில் விழையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

எளிதென இல்லிறப்பான் எய்துமெஞ் ஞான்றும் விளியாது நிற்கும் பழி.

Elidhena Illirappaan Eydhumenj Gnaandrum Viliyaadhu Nirkum Pazhi

“Who trifles with another's wife His guilty stain will last for life”

'Mere triflel' saying thus, invades the home, so he ensuresA gain of guilt that deathless aye endures

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Kural #145

The Shadow of a Thought

The story illustrates that even the intention to covet another's wife brings an everlasting stain on one's character, as per the Kural. He who thinks lightly of going into the wife of another acquires guilt that will abide with him imperishably and for ever

8–14 yr 2 min