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Chapter 19: புறங்கூறாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 19

Kural 190

புறங்கூறாமை

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திருக்குறள்

ஏதிலார் குற்றம்போல் தங்குற்றங் காண்கிற்பின் தீதுண்டோ மன்னும் உயிர்க்கு.

Edhilaar Kutrampol Thangutrang Kaankirpin Theedhunto Mannum Uyirkku

“No harm would fall to any man If each his own defect could scan”

If each his own, as neighbours' faults would scan,Could any evil hap to living man

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Kural #190

The Mirror of Truth

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that if we observed our own faults as we observe others', no evil would happen to humanity. If they observed their own faults as they observe the faults of others, would any evil happen to men ?

8–14 yr 2 min