Thirukkural 275 in English
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Tamil original
பற்றற்றேம் என்பார் படிற்றொழுக்கம் எற்றெற்றென்று
ஏதம் பலவுந் தரும்.
Transliteration
Patratrem Enpaar Patitrozhukkam Etretrendru
Edham Palavun Tharum
Modern English
“People who claim to have given up attachment but live deceitfully will eventually suffer deep regret.”
Modern Interpretation
People who claim to have given up attachment but live deceitfully will eventually suffer deep regret. Pretending to be detached does not protect anyone from the results of dishonest choices. For example, a person who lies about being above money may later lose friends and ask why they acted that way.
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Modern Plain English
People who claim to have given up attachment but live deceitfully will eventually suffer deep regret.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Who false within but freedom feign Shall moan \"What have we done\" with pain
G.U. Pope Translation
'Our souls are free,' who say, yet practise evil secretly,'What folly have we wrought!' by many shames o'er-whelmed, shall cry
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The false conduct of those who say they have renounced all desire will one day bring them sorrows that will make them cry out, "Oh! what have we done, what have we done."
Tamil commentary
எத்தகைய பற்றுகளும் இல்லாதவர் என்று வாயால் சொல்லிச் செயலால் தவறாக வாழ்பவரின் வாழ்க்கை, பிறகு ஏன் அப்படிச் செய்தோம் ஏன் அப்படிச் செய்தோம் என்று வருந்தும்படி பல துன்பங்களையும் தரும்.
Chapter 28
More from Imposture
கூடா ஒழுக்கம்
Elements five of feigned life Of a sly hypocrite within laugh
Kural 272Of what avail are sky-high shows When guild the conscience gnaws and knows
Kural 273Vaunting sainthood while week within Seems a grazer with tiger skin
Kural 274Sinning in saintly show is like Fowlers in ambush birds to strike
Kural 275Who false within but freedom feign Shall moan \"What have we done\" with pain
Kural 276Vilest is he who seems a saint Cheating the world without restraint
Kural 277Berry-red is his outward view, Black like its nose his inward hue
Kural 278Filthy in mind some bathe in streams Hiding sins in showy extremes
Kural 279Know men by acts and not by forms Strait arrow kills, bent lute but charms
Kural 280No balding nor tangling the hair! Abstain from condemned acts with care