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Chapter 22: ஒப்புரவறிதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 22

Kural 214

ஒப்புரவறிதல்

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ஒத்த தறவோன் உயிர்வாழ்வான் மற்றையான் செத்தாருள் வைக்கப் படும்.

Oththa Tharavon Uyirvaazhvaan Matraiyaan Seththaarul Vaikkap Patum

“He lives who knows befitting act Others are deemed as dead in fact”

Who knows what's human life's befitting grace,He lives; the rest 'mongst dead men have their place

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Kural #214

The Living Legacy

The story illustrates that those who fulfill their social duties and help others are truly alive, while those who live only for themselves are as good as dead. He truly lives who knows (and discharges) the proper duties (of benevolence) He who knows them not will be reckoned among the dead

8–14 yr 2 min