The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 330

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Not killing · Virtue

உயிர் உடம்பின் நீக்கியார் என்ப செயிர் உடம்பின் செல்லாத்தீ வாழ்க்கை யவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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உயிர் உடம்பின் நீக்கியார் என்ப செயிர் உடம்பின் செல்லாத்தீ வாழ்க்கை யவர்.

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Who lead a loathed life in bodies sorely pained, Are men, the wise declare, by guilt of slaughter stained.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain