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Chapter 18: வெஃகாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 18

Kural 173

வெஃகாமை

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திருக்குறள்

சிற்றின்பம் வெஃகி அறனல்ல செய்யாரே மற்றின்பம் வேண்டு பவர்.

Sitrinpam Veqki Aranalla Seyyaare Matrinpam Ventu Pavar

“For spiritual bliss who long For fleeting joy commit no wrong”

No deeds of ill, misled by base desire,Do they, whose souls to other joys aspire

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Kural #173

The Golden Fruit and True Happiness

The story illustrates that chasing small, selfish pleasures through wrong means prevents one from achieving higher, lasting joy. Those who desire the higher pleasures (of heaven) will not act unjustly through desire of the trifling joy. (in this life.)

6–10 yr 1 min