The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 266

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Penance · Virtue

தவஞ் செய்வார் தங்கருமஞ் செய்வார்மற் றல்லார் அவஞ்செய்வார் ஆசையுட் பட்டு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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தவஞ் செய்வார் தங்கருமஞ் செய்வார்மற் றல்லார் அவஞ்செய்வார் ஆசையுட் பட்டு.

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Who works of 'penance' do, their end attain, Others in passion's net enshared, toil but in vain.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain