Thirukkural 289 in English

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Tamil original

அளவல்ல செய்தாங்கே வீவர் களவல்ல
மற்றைய தேற்றா தவர்.

Transliteration

Alavalla Seydhaange Veevar Kalavalla
Matraiya Thetraa Thavar

English Translation

“They perish in their perfidy Who know nothing but pilfery”

Plain-English meaning

Those, who are acquainted with nothing but fraud, will perish in the very commission of transgression

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English Translation

They perish in their perfidy Who know nothing but pilfery

G.U. Pope Translation

Who have no lore save that which fraudful arts supply,Acts of unmeasured vice committing straightway die

Plain-English Meaning

Those, who are acquainted with nothing but fraud, will perish in the very commission of transgression

அடுத்தவர் பொருளைத் திருடுவதைத் தவிர வேறொன்றும் தெரியாதவர் தகுதி அற்ற அந்தச் செயல்களாலேயே அழிந்து போவார்.

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