Thirukkural 109 in English

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Tamil original

கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த
ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்.

Transliteration

Kondranna Innaa Seyinum Avarseydha
Ondrunandru Ullak Ketum

English Translation

“Let deadly harms be forgotten While remembering one good-turn”

Plain-English meaning

Though one inflict an injury great as murder, it will perish before the thought of one benefit (formerly) conferred

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English Translation

Let deadly harms be forgotten While remembering one good-turn

G.U. Pope Translation

Effaced straightway is deadliest injury,By thought of one kind act in days gone by

Plain-English Meaning

Though one inflict an injury great as murder, it will perish before the thought of one benefit (formerly) conferred

முன்பு நன்மை செய்தவரே பின்பு நம்மைக் கொலை செய்வது போன்ற தீமையைச் செய்தாலும் அவர் முன்பு செய்த ஒப்பற்ற நன்மையை நினைத்த அளவில் அத்தீமை மறையும்.

Chapter 11

செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல்

Unhelped in turn good help given Exceeds in worth earth and heaven

A help rendered in hour of need Though small is greater than the world

Help rendered without weighing fruits Outweighs the sea in grand effects

Help given though millet-small Knowers count its good palm-tree tall

A help is not the help's measure It is gainer's worth and pleasure

Forget not friendship of the pure Forsake not timely helpers sure

Through sevenfold births, in memory fares The willing friend who wiped one's tears

To forget good turns is not good Good it is over wrong not to brood

Let deadly harms be forgotten While remembering one good-turn

The virtue-killer may be saved Not benefit-killer who is damned