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Chapter 32: இன்னாசெய்யாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 32

Kural 316

இன்னாசெய்யாமை

Position 6/10

திருக்குறள்

இன்னா எனத்தான் உணர்ந்தவை துன்னாமை வேண்டும் பிறன்கண் செயல்.

Innaa Enaththaan Unarndhavai Thunnaamai Ventum Pirankan Seyal

“What you feel as pain to yourself Do it not to the other-self”

What his own soul has felt as bitter pain,From making others feel should man abstain

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Kural #316

Kiran and the Broken Toy

The story illustrates the Kural by showing that avoiding harmful actions is more important than avoiding personal trouble. Let not a man consent to do those things to another which, he knows, will cause sorrow

8–14 yr 2 min