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Chapter 26: புலான்மறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 26

Kural 253

புலான்மறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

படைகொண்டார் நெஞ்சம்போல் நன்னூக்காது ஒன்றன் உடல்சுவை உண்டார் மனம்.

Pataikontaar Nenjampol Nannookkaadhu Ondran Utalsuvai Untaar Manam

“Who wields a steel is steel-hearted Who tastes body is hard-hearted”

Like heart of them that murderous weapons bear, his mind,Who eats of savoury meat, no joy in good can find

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Kural #253

The Eyes of Compassion

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that a person who enjoys eating flesh without regard for the creature's life possesses a heart as hardened as a soldier's mind focused only on combat. Like the (murderous) mind of him who carries a weapon (in his hand), the mind of him who feasts with pleasure on the body of another (creature), has no regard for goodness

8–14 yr 2 min