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Chapter 28: கூடாவொழுக்கம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 28

Kural 274

கூடாவொழுக்கம்

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திருக்குறள்

தவமறைந்து அல்லவை செய்தல் புதல்மறைந்து வேட்டுவன் புள்சிமிழ்த் தற்று.

Thavamaraindhu Allavai Seydhal Pudhalmaraindhu Vettuvan Pulsimizhth Thatru

“Sinning in saintly show is like Fowlers in ambush birds to strike”

'Tis as a fowler, silly birds to snare, in thicket lurksWhen, clad in stern ascetic garb, one secret evil works

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Kural #274

The Mask of Kindness

The story mirrors the Kural by showing how a person uses a righteous persona to hide sinful deeds, much like a hunter in a thicket. He who hides himself under the mask of an ascetic and commits sins, like a sportsman who conceals himself in the thicket to catch birds

8–14 yr 1 min