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Chapter 32: இன்னாசெய்யாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 32

Kural 313

இன்னாசெய்யாமை

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திருக்குறள்

செய்யாமல் செற்றார்க்கும் இன்னாத செய்தபின் உய்யா விழுமந் தரும்.

Seyyaamal Setraarkkum Innaadha Seydhapin Uyyaa Vizhuman Tharum

“Revenging even causeless hate Bad-blood breeds and baneful heat”

Though unprovoked thy soul malicious foes should sting,Retaliation wrought inevitable woes will bring

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Kural #313

The Weight of Anger

The story illustrates that causing suffering to someone who hasn't committed a grave wrong leads to irremediable regret, mirroring the Kural. In an ascetic inflict suffering even on those who hate him, when he has not done them any evil, it will afterwards give him irretrievable sorrow

8–14 yr 1 min