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Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 33

Kural 325

கொல்லாமை

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திருக்குறள்

நிலைஅஞ்சி நீத்தாருள் எல்லாம் கொலைஅஞ்சிக் கொல்லாமை சூழ்வான் தலை.

Nilaianji Neeththaarul Ellaam Kolaianjik Kollaamai Soozhvaan Thalai

“Of saints who renounce birth-fearing The head is he who dreads killing”

Of those who 'being' dread, and all renounce, the chief are they,Who dreading crime of slaughter, study nought to slay

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Kural #325

The Gentle Heart

The story illustrates the Kural by showing how Arjun overcomes a selfish impulse by empathizing with the fear and pain of another living being. Of all those who, fearing the permanence of earthly births, have abandoned desire, he is the chief who, fearing (the guilt of) murder, considers how he may avoid the destruction of life

8–14 yr 1 min