Thirukkural 145 in English
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Tamil original
எளிதென இல்லிறப்பான் எய்துமெஞ் ஞான்றும்
விளியாது நிற்கும் பழி.
Transliteration
Elidhena Illirappaan Eydhumenj Gnaandrum
Viliyaadhu Nirkum Pazhi
Modern English
“Someone who thinks it's an easy, low-risk thing to pursue someone else's partner ends up carrying a reputation that doesn't fade, long after the moment itself is forgotten.”
Modern Interpretation
Someone who thinks it's an easy, low-risk thing to pursue someone else's partner ends up carrying a reputation that doesn't fade, long after the moment itself is forgotten. Some choices follow you longer than expected. For example, being known as someone who broke up a relationship this way is a reputation that's hard to shake, even years later.
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Modern Plain English
Someone who thinks it's an easy, low-risk thing to pursue someone else's partner ends up carrying a reputation that doesn't fade, long after the moment itself is forgotten.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Who trifles with another's wife His guilty stain will last for life
G.U. Pope Translation
'Mere triflel' saying thus, invades the home, so he ensuresA gain of guilt that deathless aye endures
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
He who thinks lightly of going into the wife of another acquires guilt that will abide with him imperishably and for ever
Tamil commentary
அடைவது எளிது என எண்ணி அடுத்தவன் மனைவியுடன் தவறான தொடர்பு கொள்பவன், சாவாமல் எப்போதும் நிற்கும் பழியைப் பெறுவான்.
Chapter 15
More from Not coveting another"s Wife
பிறனில் விழையாமை
Who know the wealth and virtue's way After other's wife do not stray
Kural 142He is the worst law breaking boor Who haunts around his neighbour's door
Kural 143The vile are dead who evil aim And put faithful friends' wives to shame
Kural 144Their boasted greatness means nothing When to another's wife they cling
Kural 145Who trifles with another's wife His guilty stain will last for life
Kural 146Hatred, sin, fear, and shame-these four Stain adulterers ever more
Kural 147He is the righteous householder His neighbour's wife who covets never
Kural 148They lead a high-souled manly life The pure who eye not another's wife
Kural 149Good in storm bound earth is with those Who clasp not arms of another's spouse
Kural 150Sinners breaking virtue's behest Lust not for another's wife at least