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Chapter 32: இன்னாசெய்யாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 32

Kural 317

இன்னாசெய்யாமை

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எனைத்தானும் எஞ்ஞான்றும் யார்க்கும் மனத்தானாம் மாணாசெய் யாமை தலை.

Enaiththaanum Egngnaandrum Yaarkkum Manaththaanaam Maanaasey Yaamai Thalai

“Any, anywhere injure not At any time even in thought”

To work no wilful woe, in any wise, through all the days,To any living soul, is virtue's highest praise

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Kural #317

Kavimathi's Gentle Heart

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that avoiding even the smallest act of harm toward others is the supreme virtue. It is the chief of all virtues not knowingly to do any person evil, even in the lowest degree, and at any time

6–10 yr 1 min