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Kural No. 40 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 4

Assertion of the Strength of Virtue

அறன் வலியுறுத்தல்
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
செயற்பால தோரும் அறனே ஒருவற்கு
உயற்பால தோரும் பழி.

Seyarpaala Thorum Arane Oruvarku / Uyarpaala Thorum Pazhi

Classical English couplet — “'Virtue' sums the things that should be done;'Vice' sums the things that man should shun”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“That is virtue which each ought to do, and that is vice which each should shun

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

ஒருவன் வாழ்நாளில் முயற்சி மேற்கொண்டு செய்யத்தக்கது அறமே. செய்யாமல் காத்து கொள்ளத்தக்கது பழியே.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

பழிக்கத் தக்கவைகளைச் செய்யாமல் பாராட்டத்தக்க அறவழிச் செயல்களில் நாட்டம் கொள்வதே ஒருவர்க்குப் புகழ் சேர்க்கும்

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