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Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 17

Kural 168

அழுக்காறாமை

Position 8/10

திருக்குறள்

அழுக்காறு எனஒரு பாவி திருச்செற்றுத் தீயுழி உய்த்து விடும்.

Azhukkaaru Enaoru Paavi Thiruchchetruth Theeyuzhi Uyththu Vitum

“Caitiff envy despoils wealth And drags one into evil path”

Envy, embodied ill, incomparable bane,Good fortune slays, and soul consigns to fiery pain

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Kural #168

The Shadow of Envy

The story illustrates how envy leads to destructive actions that ultimately ruin the envious person's own life and resources. Envy will destroy (a man's) wealth (in his world) and drive him into the pit of fire (in the world to come.)

6–10 yr 1 min