Thirukkural 162 in English
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Tamil original
விழுப்பேற்றின் அஃதொப்பது இல்லையார் மாட்டும்
அழுக்காற்றின் அன்மை பெறின்.
Transliteration
Vizhuppetrin Aqdhoppadhu Illaiyaar Maattum
Azhukkaatrin Anmai Perin
Modern English
“Among everything a person could hope to achieve, few things matter as much as simply not envying anyone else's success.”
Modern Interpretation
Among everything a person could hope to achieve, few things matter as much as simply not envying anyone else's success. It clears a surprising amount of space in your life. For example, someone who can be truly happy for a sibling's achievement, without a flicker of resentment, tends to feel lighter and freer than someone who's always comparing.
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Modern Plain English
Among everything a person could hope to achieve, few things matter as much as simply not envying anyone else's success.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
No excellence excels the one That by nature envies none
G.U. Pope Translation
If man can learn to envy none on earth,'Tis richest gift, -beyond compare its worth
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Amongst all attainable excellences there is none equal to that of being free from envy towords others
Tamil commentary
எவர் இடத்தும் பொறாமை கொள்ளாதிருப்பதை ஒருவன் பெற்றால் சீரிய சிறப்புகளுள் அது போன்றது வேறு இல்லை.
Chapter 17
More from Not Envying
அழுக்காறாமை
Deem your heart as virtuous When your nature is not jealous
Kural 162No excellence excels the one That by nature envies none
Kural 163Who envies others' good fortune Can't prosper in virtue of his own
Kural 164The wise through envy don't others wrong Knowing that woes from evils throng
Kural 165Man shall be wrecked by envy's whim Even if enemies spare him
Kural 166Who envies gifts shall suffer ruin Without food and clothes with his kin
Kural 167Fortune deserts the envious Leaving misfortune omnious
Kural 168Caitiff envy despoils wealth And drags one into evil path
Kural 169Why is envy rich, goodmen poor People with surprise think over
Kural 170The envious prosper never The envyless prosper ever