Thirukkural 284 in English

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Tamil original

களவின்கண் கன்றிய காதல் விளைவின்கண்
வீயா விழுமம் தரும்.

Transliteration

Kalavinkan Kandriya Kaadhal Vilaivinkan
Veeyaa Vizhumam Tharum

English Translation

“The fruit that fraud and greed obtain Shall end in endless grief and pain”

Plain-English meaning

The eager desire of defrauding others will, when it brings forth its fruit, produce undying sorrow

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English Translation

The fruit that fraud and greed obtain Shall end in endless grief and pain

G.U. Pope Translation

The lust inveterate of fraudful gain,Yields as its fruit undying pain

Plain-English Meaning

The eager desire of defrauding others will, when it brings forth its fruit, produce undying sorrow

அடுத்தவர் பொருளைத் திருடும் ஆசை, நிறைவேறியபின் அழியாத துன்பத்தைத் தரும்.

Chapter 29

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Let him who would reproachless be From all frauds guard his conscience free

\"We will by fraud win other's wealth\" Even this thought is sin and stealth

The gain by fraud may overflow But swift to ruin it shall go

The fruit that fraud and greed obtain Shall end in endless grief and pain

Love and Grace are not their worth Who watch to waylay dozer's wealth

They cannot walk in measured bounds who crave and have covetous ends

Men of measured wisdom shun Black art of fraud and what it won

Virtue abides in righteous hearts Into minds of frauds deceit darts

They perish in their perfidy Who know nothing but pilfery

Even the body rejects thieves; The honest men, heaven receives