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Chapter 32: இன்னாசெய்யாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 32

Kural 314

இன்னாசெய்யாமை

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திருக்குறள்

இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண நன்னயஞ் செய்து விடல்.

Innaasey Thaarai Oruththal Avarnaana Nannayanj Cheydhu Vital

“Doing good-turns, put them to shame Thus chide the evil who do harm”

To punish wrong, with kindly benefits the doers ply;Thus shame their souls; but pass the ill unheeded by

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Kural #314

The Victory of Kindness

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that responding to evil with kindness is more powerful than retaliation, as it touches the offender's conscience. The (proper) punishment to those who have done evil (to you), is to put them to shame by showing them kindness, in return and to forget both the evil and the good done on both sides

8–14 yr 1 min