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Chapter 28: கூடாவொழுக்கம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 28

Kural 272

கூடாவொழுக்கம்

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திருக்குறள்

வானுயர் தோற்றம் எவன்செய்யும் தன்னெஞ்சம் தான்அறி குற்றப் படின்.

Vaanuyar Thotram Evanseyyum Thannenjam Thaanari Kutrap Patin

“Of what avail are sky-high shows When guild the conscience gnaws and knows”

What gain, though virtue's semblance high as heaven his fame exalt,If heart dies down through sense of self-detected fault

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Kural #272

The True Light

The story reflects the Kural by showing that a saintly appearance is useless if the mind harbors conscious sin. What avails an appearance (of sanctity) high as heaven, if his mind suffers (the indulgence) of conscious sin

8–14 yr 1 min