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Kural No. 289 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 29

The Absence of Fraud

கள்ளாமை
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
அளவல்ல செய்தாங்கே வீவர் களவல்ல
மற்றைய தேற்றா தவர்.

Alavalla Seydhaange Veevar Kalavalla / Matraiya Thetraa Thavar

Classical English couplet — “Who have no lore save that which fraudful arts supply,Acts of unmeasured vice committing straightway die”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“Those, who are acquainted with nothing but fraud, will perish in the very commission of transgression

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

களவு செய்தலைத் தவிர மற்ற நல்லவழிகளைத் நம்பித் தெளியாதவர் அளவு அல்லாத செயல்களைச் செய்து அப்போதே கெட்டழிவர்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

அளவு என்பதைத் தவிர வேறு நல்வழிகளை நாடாதவர்கள், வரம்பு கடந்த செயல்களால் வாழ்விழந்து வீழ்வார்கள்

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