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Part 24

Following Translations are used:

1.A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 and B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan. Year 1933

2.S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD Year 2000

3.Rev.Dr.GU Pope – GUP. Year 1886

4.Suddhananda Bharathiyar- SB

5.EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986

6.H A Popley – HAP (not full book) Year 1931

7.Tamil Original

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12. நடுவுநிலைமை – Equity or Impartiality

116.The creping thought  of inequity portend the ruin f a soul- A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 and B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan. Year 1933

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116.If one’s mind swerves from rectitude and contemplates evil deeds,

The inevitable consequence will be one’s own ruin– S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD, Year 2000

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116.
If, right deserting, heart to evil turn,
Let man impending ruin’s sign discern!
Let him whose mind departing from equity commits sin well consider thus within himself, “I shall perish.” – GUP

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116.Of perdition let him be sure
Who leaves justice to sinful lure– Suddhananda Bharathiyar- SB

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116.One should realise that any deviation from the path of equity will bring one’s own ruin- EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986

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116. கெடுவல்யான் என்பது அறிகதன் நெஞ்சம்
நடுஒரீஇ அல்ல செயின்.

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117.Poverty of the just is no badge of disgrace to the wise- ANM+2

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117.In the eyes of the wisemen of the world, the low estate

Of a just man is no disgrace— SMD

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117.
The man who justly lives, tenacious of the right,
In low estate is never low to wise man’s sight.
The great will not regard as poverty the low estate of that man who dwells in the virtue of equity. – GUP

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117.The just reduced to poverty
Is not held down by equity.         .        – SB

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117.The world will not look down upon an impartial manbecause  of his poverty- EVS

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117. கெடுவாக வையாது உலகம் நடுவாக
நன்றிக்கண் தங்கியான் தாழ்வு

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118. The boast of the wise is a  mind steady as well poised pair of scales— ANM+2

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118.To hold the scales even and fair is the ornament

Of those, who seek perfection in their rectitude— SMD

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118.
To stand, like balance-rod that level hangs and rightly weighs,
With calm unbiassed equity of soul, is sages’ praise.
To incline to neither side, but to rest impartial as the even-fixed scale is the ornament of the wise. – GUP

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118.Like balance holding equal scales
A well poised mind is jewel of the wise.         .        – SB

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118.Like scales that always remain just and fair, wisemen remain impartial and do not take sides- EVS

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118.As scales that, even poised, do weigh aright,

Unbending fairness wise men’s jewel is— H A Popley – HAP (not full book) Year 1931

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118. சமன்செய்து சீர்தூக்குங் கோல்போல் அமைந்தொருபால்
கோடாமை சான்றோர்க் கணி

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119. Where does justice reside, but in measured words springing fron an upright heart within?– ANM+2

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119.If the mind is free from bias,

The words uttered are bound to be fair– SMD

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119.
Inflexibility in word is righteousness,
If men inflexibility of soul possess.
Freedom from obliquity of speech is rectitude, if there be (corresponding) freedom from bias of mind. – GUP

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119.ustice is upright, unbending
And free from crooked word-twisting.        – SB

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119.Impartiality is just pronouncement  arising from an unbiased mind- EVS

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119. Fairness means freedom from all crooked speech,

If the mind, too, is free from crookedness- HAP

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119. சொற்கோட்டம் இல்லது செப்பம் ஒருதலையா
உட்கோட்டம் இன்மை பெறின்

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120. He is athriving trader among his tribe who jealously guards others interests as his own— ANM+2

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120. If traders guard other people’s interest as their own their trade will surely flourish— SMD

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120.
As thriving trader is the trader known,
Who guards another’s interests as his own.
The true merchandize of merchants is to guard and do by the things of others as they do by their own. – GUP
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120.A trader’s trade prospers fairly
When his dealings are neighbourly.        – SB

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120.In trade, he who has consideration for others  and regards their money as his own will succeed in his business- EVS

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120.To guard the things of others as their own,

This is good trade for those who traders are -HAP

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120. வாணிகஞ் செய்வார்க்கு வாணிகம் பேணிப்
பிறவும் தமபோற் செயின்

To be continued………….

Tags- Part-24, Tirukkural Encyclopaedia, Chapter 12, (Kural 116-120) Equity , Impartiality