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நாணுடைமை
Kurals 1011–1020 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Wealth (பொருட்பால்).
கருமத்தால் நாணுதல் நாணுந் திருநுதல்
நல்லவர் நாணுப் பிற.
To shrink abashed from evil deed is 'generous shame';
Other is that of bright-browed one of virtuous fame.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Real shame is being ashamed to do wrong; anything else is just shyness.
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நாணுடைமை மாந்தர் சிறப்பு.
Food, clothing, and other things alike all beings own;
By sense of shame the excellence of men is known.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Everyone needs food and clothes, but a sense of shame belongs to good people.
Open in the appஊனைக் குறித்த உயிரெல்லாம் நாண்என்னும்
நன்மை குறித்தது சால்பு.
All spirits homes of flesh as habitation claim,
And perfect virtue ever dwells with shame.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: As the body houses life, a sense of shame houses all goodness.
Open in the appஅணிஅன்றோ நாணுடைமை சான்றோர்க்கு அஃதின்றேல்
பிணிஅன்றோ பீடு நடை.
And is not shame an ornament to men of dignity?
Without it step of stately pride is piteous thing to see.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Isn't a sense of shame the jewel of good people? Without it, their pride would hurt everyone.
Open in the appபிறர்பழியும் தம்பழியும் நாணுவார் நாணுக்கு
உறைபதி என்னும் உலகு.
As home of virtuous shame by all the world the men are known,
Who feel ashamed for others, guilt as for their own.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The world sees someone who is ashamed of their own wrongs and of others' as the home of conscience.
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பேணலர் மேலா யவர்.
Unless the hedge of shame inviolate remain,
For men of lofty soul the earth's vast realms no charms retain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The great guard themselves with conscience, not with power over the world.
Open in the appநாணால் உயிரைத் துறப்பர் உயிர்ப்பொருட்டால்
நாண்துறவார் நாணாள் பவர்.
The men of modest soul for shame would life an offering make,
But ne'er abandon virtuous shame for life's dear sake.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People with conscience would give up their life rather than their sense of shame.
Open in the appபிறர்நாணத் தக்கது தான்நாணா னாயின்
அறம்நாணத் தக்கது உடைத்து.
Thou know'st no shame, while all around ashamed must be:
Virtue will shrink away ashamed of thee!
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Goodness walks away from people who shamelessly do what others are ashamed of.
Open in the appகுலஞ்சுடும் கொள்கை பிழைப்பின் நலஞ்சுடும்
நாணின்மை நின்றக் கடை.
'Twill race consume if right observance fail;
'Twill every good consume if shamelessness prevail.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Bad manners hurt your family's name; shamelessness ruins your character.
Open in the appநாண்அகத் தில்லார் இயக்கம் மரப்பாவை
நாணால் உயிர்மருட்டி அற்று.
'Tis as with strings a wooden puppet apes life's functions, when
Those void of shame within hold intercourse with men.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People with no conscience are like puppets on strings, only pretending to be alive.
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