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பிறனில் விழையாமை
Kurals 141–150 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்).
பிறன்பொருளாள் பெட்டொழுகும் பேதைமை ஞாலத்து
அறம்பொருள் கண்டார்கண் இல்.
Who laws of virtue and possession's rights have known,
Indulge no foolish love of her by right another's own.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People who understand what's right never fall for the foolishness of chasing someone else's partner.
Open in the appஅறன்கடை நின்றாருள் எல்லாம் பிறன்கடை
நின்றாரின் பேதையார் இல்.
No fools, of all that stand from virtue's pale shut out,
Like those who longing lurk their neighbour's gate without.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Of all wrongdoers, the biggest fool is the one waiting at someone else's partner's door.
Open in the appவிளிந்தாரின் வேறல்லர் மன்ற தெளிந்தாரில்
தீமை புரிந்து ஒழுகு வார்.
They're numbered with the dead, e'en while they live, -how otherwise?
With wife of sure confiding friend who evil things devise.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Betraying a friend who trusts you by pursuing their partner makes you no better than dead.
Open in the appஎனைத்துணையர் ஆயினும் என்னாம் தினைத்துணையும்
தேரான் பிறனில் புகல்.
How great soe'er they be, what gain have they of life,
Who, not a whit reflecting, seek a neighbour's wife.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: However important you are, what's the use if you go after someone else's partner without a thought?
Open in the appஎளிதென இல்லிறப்பான் எய்துமெஞ் ஞான்றும்
விளியாது நிற்கும் பழி.
'Mere trifle!' saying thus, invades the home, so he ensures.
A gain of guilt that deathless aye endures.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Treat cheating as nothing, and the guilt stays with you forever.
Open in the appபகைபாவம் அச்சம் பழியென நான்கும்
இகவாவாம் இல்லிறப்பான் கண்.
Who home invades, from him pass nevermore,
Hatred and sin, fear, foul disgrace; these four.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Hatred, guilt, fear and shame never leave someone who has an affair with another's partner.
Open in the appஅறனியலான் இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் பிறனியலாள்
பெண்மை நயவா தவன்.
Who sees the wife, another's own, with no desiring eye
In sure domestic bliss he dwelleth ever virtuously.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Someone who never desires another person's partner is a truly good family person.
Open in the appபிறன்மனை நோக்காத பேராண்மை சான்றோர்க்கு
அறனொன்றோ ஆன்ற வொழுக்கு.
Manly excellence, that looks not on another's wife,
Is not virtue merely, 'tis full 'propriety' of life.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Not even looking at someone else's partner that way: that is real strength and goodness.
Open in the appநலக்குரியார் யாரெனின் நாமநீர் வைப்பின்
பிறர்க்குரியாள் தோள்தோயா தார்.
Who're good indeed, on earth begirt by ocean's gruesome tide?
The men who touch not her that is another's bride.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Who does well in this world? Those who never cross the line with someone else's partner.
Open in the appஅறன்வரையான் அல்ல செயினும் பிறன்வரையாள்
பெண்மை நயவாமை நன்று.
Though virtue's bounds he pass, and evil deeds hath wrought;
At least, 'tis good if neighbour's wife he covet not.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even if you do nothing good and plenty wrong, at least don't desire someone else's partner.
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