Thirukkural 167 in English

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Tamil original

அவ்வித்து அழுக்காறு உடையானைச் செய்யவள்
தவ்வையைக் காட்டி விடும்.

Transliteration

Avviththu Azhukkaaru Utaiyaanaich Cheyyaval
Thavvaiyaik Kaatti Vitum

English Translation

“Fortune deserts the envious Leaving misfortune omnious”

Plain-English meaning

Lakshmi envying (the prosperity) of the envious man will depart and introduce him to her sister

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English Translation

Fortune deserts the envious Leaving misfortune omnious

G.U. Pope Translation

From envious man good fortune's goddess turns away,Grudging him good, and points him out misfortune's prey

Plain-English Meaning

Lakshmi envying (the prosperity) of the envious man will depart and introduce him to her sister

பிறர் உயர்வு கண்டு பொறாமைப்படுபவனைப் பார்க்கும் திருமகள் வெறுப்புக் கொண்டு தன் அக்காள் மூதேவிக்கு அவனை அடையாளம் காட்டிவிட்டு விலகிப் போய்விடுவாள்.

Chapter 17

அழுக்காறாமை

Deem your heart as virtuous When your nature is not jealous

No excellence excels the one That by nature envies none

Who envies others' good fortune Can't prosper in virtue of his own

The wise through envy don't others wrong Knowing that woes from evils throng

Man shall be wrecked by envy's whim Even if enemies spare him

Who envies gifts shall suffer ruin Without food and clothes with his kin

Fortune deserts the envious Leaving misfortune omnious

Caitiff envy despoils wealth And drags one into evil path

Why is envy rich, goodmen poor People with surprise think over

The envious prosper never The envyless prosper ever