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Chapter 29: கள்ளாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 29

Kural 282

கள்ளாமை

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திருக்குறள்

உள்ளத்தால் உள்ளலும் தீதே பிறன்பொருளைக் கள்ளத்தால் கள்வேம் எனல்.

Ullaththaal Ullalum Theedhe Piranporulaik Kallaththaal Kalvem Enal

“\"We will by fraud win other's wealth\" Even this thought is sin and stealth”

'Tis sin if in the mind man but thought conceive;'By fraud I will my neighbour of his wealth bereave.'

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Kural #282

The Shadow in the Mind

The story illustrates that the intention to steal is as harmful to one's character as the act itself. Even the thought (of sin) is sin; think not then of crafiily stealing the property of another

6–10 yr 1 min