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Kural No. 21 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 3

The Greatness of Ascetics

நீத்தார் பெருமை
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
ஒழுக்கத்து நீத்தார் பெருமை விழுப்பத்து
வேண்டும் பனுவல் துணிவு.

Ozhukkaththu Neeththaar Perumai Vizhuppaththu / Ventum Panuval Thunivu

Classical English couplet — “The settled rule of every code requires, as highest good,Their greatness who, renouncing all, true to their rule have stood”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“The end and aim of all treatise is to extol beyond all other excellence, the greatness of those who, while abiding in the rule of conduct peculiar to their state, have abandoned all desire

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

ஒழுக்கத்தில் நிலைத்து நின்று பற்று விட்டவர்களின் பெருமையைச் சிறந்ததாக போற்றி கூறுவதே நூல்களின் துணிவாகும்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

ஒழுக்கத்தில் உறுதியான துறவிகளின் பெருமை, சான்றோர் நூலில் விருப்பமுடனும், உயர்வாகவும் இடம் பெறும்

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