Thirukkural 290 in English

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Tamil original

கள்வார்க்குத் தள்ளும் உயிர்நிலை கள்வார்க்குத்
தள்ளாது புத்தே ளுளகு.

Transliteration

Kalvaarkkuth Thallum Uyirnilai Kalvaarkkuth
Thallaadhu Puththe Lulaku

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Even their body will fail the fraudulent; but even the world of the gods will not fail those who are free from fraud

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

The fraudful forfeit life and being here below;Who fraud eschew the bliss of heavenly beings know

Plain-English Meaning

Even their body will fail the fraudulent; but even the world of the gods will not fail those who are free from fraud

திருடுபவரை அவரது உயிரும் வெறுக்கும்; திருடாதவரையோ தேவர் உலகமும் வெறுக்காது.

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