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Chapter 31: வெகுளாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 31

Kural 307

வெகுளாமை

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திருக்குறள்

சினத்தைப் பொருளென்று கொண்டவன் கேடு நிலத்தறைந்தான் கைபிழையா தற்று.

Sinaththaip Porulendru Kontavan Ketu Nilaththaraindhaan Kaipizhaiyaa Thatru

“The wrath-lover to doom is bound Like failless-hand that strikes the ground”

The hand that smites the earth unfailing feels the sting;So perish they who nurse their wrath as noble thing

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Kural #307

Karikalan's Stormy Temper

The story illustrates that treating anger as a strength leads to inevitable self-destruction, much like the Kural suggests. Destruction will come upon him who ragards anger as a good thing, as surely as the hand of him who strikes the ground will not fail

8–14 yr 2 min