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Chapter 15: பிறனில் விழையாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 15

Kural 149

பிறனில் விழையாமை

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திருக்குறள்

நலக்குரியார் யாரெனின் நாமநீர் வைப்பின் பிறர்க்குரியாள் தோள்தோயா தார்.

Nalakkuriyaar Yaarenin Naamaneer Vaippin Pirarkkuriyaal Tholdhoyaa Thaar

“Good in storm bound earth is with those Who clasp not arms of another's spouse”

Who 're good indeed, on earth begirt by ocean's gruesome tide?The men who touch not her that is another's bride

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Kural #149

The Path of True Peace

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that avoiding coveting what belongs to another's household leads to a life of virtue. Is it asked, "who are those who shall obtain good in this world surrounded by the terror-producing sea ?" Those who touch not the shoulder of her who belongs to another

8–14 yr 1 min