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Kural No. 261 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 27

Penance

தவம்
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
உற்றநோய் நோன்றல் உயிர்க்குறுகண் செய்யாமை
அற்றே தவத்திற் குரு.

Utranoi Nondral Uyirkkurukan Seyyaamai / Atre Thavaththir Kuru

Classical English couplet — “To bear due penitential pains, while no offenceHe causes others, is the type of 'penitence'”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“The nature of religious discipline consists, in the endurance (by the ascetic) of the sufferings which it brings on himself, and in abstaining from giving pain to others

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

தனக்கு உற்ற துன்பத்தை பொறுத்தலும் மற்ற உயிர்க்குத் துன்பம் செய்யாதிருத்தலும் ஆகிய அவ்வளவே தவத்திற்கு வடிவமாகும்

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

எதையும் தாங்கும் இதயத்தைப் பெற்றிருப்பதும், எந்த உயிருக்கும் தீங்கு செய்யாமல் இருப்பதும்தான் ``தவம்'' என்று கூறப்படும்

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