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Chapter 17: அழுக்காறாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 17

Kural 170

அழுக்காறாமை

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திருக்குறள்

அழுக்கற்று அகன்றாரும் இல்லை அஃதுஇல்லார் பெருக்கத்தில் தீர்ந்தாரும் இல்.

Azhukkatru Akandraarum Illai Aqdhuillaar Perukkaththil Theerndhaarum Il

“The envious prosper never The envyless prosper ever”

No envious men to large and full felicity attain;No men from envy free have failed a sure increase to gain

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Kural #170

The Shadow of Envy

The story illustrates that those consumed by envy never achieve true greatness, while those free from it naturally rise high. Never have the envious become great; never have those who are free from envy been without greatness

8–14 yr 1 min