Skip to content
Current moon phase NilaTales English
Chapter 90: பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 90

Kural 896

பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை

Position 6/10

திருக்குறள்

எரியால் சுடப்படினும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்யார் பெரியார்ப் பிழைத்தொழுகு வார்.

Eriyaal Sutappatinum Uyvuntaam Uyyaar Periyaarp Pizhaiththozhuku Vaar

“One can escape in fire caught The great who offends escapes not”

Though in the conflagration caught, he may escape from thence:He 'scapes not who in life to great ones gives offence

Story adaptations

Read this Kural as a story

View whole chapter →
Kural #896

The Fire and the Heart

The story illustrates that while one might survive a natural disaster like fire, the spiritual and social consequence of offending great people is much harder to overcome. Though burnt by a fire (from a forest), one may perhaps live; (but) never will he live who has shown disrespect to the great (devotees)

8–14 yr 2 min