Thirukkural 285 in English

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Tamil original

அருள்கருதி அன்புடைய ராதல் பொருள்கருதிப்
பொச்சாப்புப் பார்ப்பார்கண் இல்.

Transliteration

Arulkarudhi Anputaiya Raadhal Porulkarudhip
Pochchaappup Paarppaarkan Il

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

The study of kindness and the exercise of benevolence is not with those who watch for another's forgetfulness, though desire of his property

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

'Grace' is not in their thoughts, nor know they kind affection's power,Who neighbour's goods desire, and watch for his unguarded hour

Plain-English Meaning

The study of kindness and the exercise of benevolence is not with those who watch for another's forgetfulness, though desire of his property

அடுத்தவர் பொருளைத் திருட எண்ணி, அவர் தளரும் நேரத்தை எதிர்பார்த்து இருப்போர், அருள் மீது பற்று உள்ளவராய் வாழ முடியாது.

Chapter 29

கள்ளாமை

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