The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 321

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Not killing · Virtue

அறவினை யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை கோறல் பிறவினை எல்லாந் தரும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அறவினை யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை கோறல் பிறவினை எல்லாந் தரும்.

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What is the work of virtue? 'Not to kill'; For 'killing' leads to every work of ill.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain