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Chapter 29: கள்ளாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 29

Kural 289

கள்ளாமை

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திருக்குறள்

அளவல்ல செய்தாங்கே வீவர் களவல்ல மற்றைய தேற்றா தவர்.

Alavalla Seydhaange Veevar Kalavalla Matraiya Thetraa Thavar

“They perish in their perfidy Who know nothing but pilfery”

Who have no lore save that which fraudful arts supply,Acts of unmeasured vice committing straightway die

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Kural #289

The Shadow of Deceit

The story illustrates that those who rely solely on fraud will inevitably face ruin through their own dishonest actions. Those, who are acquainted with nothing but fraud, will perish in the very commission of transgression

6–10 yr 1 min