Thirukkural 168 in English

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Tamil original

அழுக்காறு எனஒரு பாவி திருச்செற்றுத்
தீயுழி உய்த்து விடும்.

Transliteration

Azhukkaaru Enaoru Paavi Thiruchchetruth
Theeyuzhi Uyththu Vitum

English Translation

“Caitiff envy despoils wealth And drags one into evil path”

Plain-English meaning

Envy will destroy (a man's) wealth (in his world) and drive him into the pit of fire (in the world to come.)

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English Translation

Caitiff envy despoils wealth And drags one into evil path

G.U. Pope Translation

Envy, embodied ill, incomparable bane,Good fortune slays, and soul consigns to fiery pain

Plain-English Meaning

Envy will destroy (a man's) wealth (in his world) and drive him into the pit of fire (in the world to come.)

பொறாமை எனப்படும் ஒப்பில்லாத பாவி எவனிடம் இருக்கிறதோ, அவனது செல்வத்தை அழிப்பதோடு, அவனை நரகத்திலும் அது சேர்க்கும்

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