Purity of Action
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kaṭinta kaṭintorār ceytārk kavaitā / muṭintālum pīḻai tarum.
“To those who hate reproof and do forbidden thing. / What prospers now, in after days shall anguish bring.”
“Behold the men that shun not those things that are forbidden by good morals: they will come to grief even if they succeed in their designs.”
To those who knowingly do what moral teaching condemns, those very deeds bring suffering even if they first succeed.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கடிந்த கடிந்து ஒரார் செய்தார்க்கு= நூலோர் கடிந்த வினைகளைத் தாமும் கடிந்துஒழியாது, பொருள்நோக்கிச் செய்த அமைச்சர்க்கு; அவைதாம் முடிந்தாலும் பீழை தரும்= அவை தூயவன்மையின் முடியா, ஒருவாற்றான் முடியினும் பின் துன்பத்தையே கொடுக்கும்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
For those who refuse to shun forbidden deeds, even if those schemes temporarily succeed, they will ultimately yield ruin and misery.