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Chapter 29: கள்ளாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 29

Kural 287

கள்ளாமை

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திருக்குறள்

களவென்னும் காரறி வாண்மை அளவென்னும் ஆற்றல் புரிந்தார்கண்ட இல்.

Kalavennum Kaarari Vaanmai Alavennum Aatral Purindhaarkanta Il

“Men of measured wisdom shun Black art of fraud and what it won”

Practice of fraud's dark cunning arts they shun,Who long for power by 'measured wisdom' won

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Kural #287

The True Masterpiece

The story contrasts Vikram's deceptive 'black knowledge' (fraud) with Arjun's rectitude, showing that true greatness cannot coexist with fraud. That black-knowledge which is called fraud, is not in those who desire that greatness which is called rectitude

8–14 yr 1 min