Tirukural – Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Dread of Sinful Deeds
Verse 206
A woman offers a gift to an older relative. Below, the older woman remembers that she herself hit the younger girl earlier and regrets the act, and her hurtful attack brings great suffering.
You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here:
Weaver’s Wisdom
Verse 201
Wicked men do not fear, but worthy men dread,
the arrogance of sinful deeds.
Verse 202
From evil springs forth more evil.
Hence evil is to be feared even more than fire.
Verse 203
To commit no wrong, even against one’s enemies,
is said to be supreme wisdom.
Verse 204
Only the forgetful plot another’s ruin; others remember
that virtue itself devises every plotter’s downfall.
Verse 205
Do not commit wrongful deeds, claiming to be poor.
Such deeds only cause one to be poorer still.
Verse 206
Let one who hopes for freedom from afflictions’ pain
avoid inflicting harm on others.
Verse 207
One can escape from hate-filled enemies,
but his own hateful acts will pursue and destroy him.
Verse 208
As a man’s shadow follows his footsteps wherever he goes,
even so will destruction pursue those who commit sinful deeds.
Verse 209
If a man feels any fond affection for himself,
let him not indulge in immoral deeds, however trifling.
Verse 210
If men neither deviate from right nor act wrongly,
they will be defended against destruction.
3 Responses to “Tirukural – Chapter 21”
From Our Gurus' Teachings
Archives are now available through 2001. Light colored days have no posts. 1998-2001 coming later.
February 4th, 2021 at 6:45 am
“AUM”!.
February 5th, 2021 at 6:08 am
Thanks
February 27th, 2022 at 2:28 am
Aum.