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Chapter 27: தவம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 27

Kural 265

தவம்

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திருக்குறள்

வேண்டிய வேண்டியாங் கெய்தலால் செய்தவம் ஈண்டு முயலப் படும்.

Ventiya Ventiyaang Keydhalaal Seydhavam Eentu Muyalap Patum

“What they wish as they wish is won Here hence by men penance is done”

That what they wish may, as they wish, be won,By men on earth are works of painful 'penance' done

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Kural #265

The Harvest of Kindness

The story illustrates how performing virtuous deeds and maintaining discipline leads to the fulfillment of one's desires and future well-being. Religious dislipline is practised in this world, because it secures the attainment of whatever one may wish to enjoy (in the world to come)

6–10 yr 1 min