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Chapter 27: தவம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 27

Kural 266

தவம்

Position 6/10

திருக்குறள்

தவஞ்செய்வார் தங்கருமஞ் செய்வார்மற் றல்லார் அவஞ்செய்வார் ஆசையுட் பட்டு.

Thavanj Cheyvaar Thangarumanj Cheyvaarmar Rallaar Avanjeyvaar Aasaiyut Pattu

“Who do penance achieve their aim Others desire-rid themselves harm”

Who works of 'penance' do, their end attain,Others in passion's net enshared, toil but in vain

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Kural #266

Karikalan's True Wealth

The story illustrates how chasing worldly desires leads to ruin, while fulfilling one's duty leads to true success. Those discharge their duty who perform austerities; all others accomplish their own destruction, through the entanglement of the desire (of riches and sensual pleasure)

6–10 yr 1 min