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Chapter 33: கொல்லாமை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 33

Kural 327

கொல்லாமை

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திருக்குறள்

தன்னுயிர் நீப்பினும் செய்யற்க தான்பிறிது இன்னுயிர் நீக்கும் வினை.

Thannuyir Neeppinum Seyyarka Thaanpiridhu Innuyir Neekkum Vinai

“Kill not life that others cherish Even when your life must perish”

Though thine own life for that spared life the price must pay,Take not from aught that lives gift of sweet life away

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Kural #327

The Price of a Life

The story illustrates the Kural by showing a character choosing the sanctity of life over personal gain or survival. Let no one do that which would destroy the life of another, although he should by so doing, lose his own life

8–14 yr 2 min