Thirukkural 110 in English

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Tamil original

எந்நன்றி கொன்றார்க்கும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்வில்லை
செய்ந்நன்றி கொன்ற மகற்கு.

Transliteration

Ennandri Kondraarkkum Uyvuntaam Uyvillai
Seynnandri Kondra Makarku

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

He who has killed every virtue may yet escape; there is no escape for him who has killed a benefit

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Who every good have killed, may yet destruction flee;Who 'benefit' has killed, that man shall ne'er 'scape free

Plain-English Meaning

He who has killed every virtue may yet escape; there is no escape for him who has killed a benefit

எத்தனை பெரிய அறங்களை அழித்தவர்க்கும் பாவத்தைக் கழுவ வழிகள் உண்டு. ஆனால், ஒருவர் செய்த உதவியை மறந்து தீமை செய்பவனுக்கு வழியே இல்லை

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