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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; only selected couplets) Year 1931

7.Tamil Original

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PART 33

17. அழுக்காறாமை – Avoid envy  Not Envying

161.Be on your guard against creeping envious thoughts; verily freedom from envy is one of the laws of your moral being- A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 and B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan. Year 1933
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161.Freedom from envious thoughts is to be taken

As the most righteous conduct.–S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD, Year 2000

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161
As ‘strict decorum’s’ laws, that all men bind,
Let each regard unenvying grace of mind.
Let a man esteem that disposition which is free from envy in the same manner as propriety of conduct. Rev.Dr.GU Pope – GUP, Year 1886

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161.Deem your heart as virtuous
When your nature is not jealous Suddhananda Bharathiyar- SB

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161.Refraining from envy should be the rule of one’s conduct- EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986

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161. ஒழுக்காறாக் கொள்க ஒருவன்தன் நெஞ்சத்து
அழுக்காறு இல்லாத இயல்பு

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162. What blessing is greater on earth than freedom from envy ?- ANM+2

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If a man learns not to be envious of others,

He does not need any greater wealth- – SMD

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162
If man can learn to envy none on earth,
‘Tis richest gift, -beyond compare its worth.
Amongst all attainable excellences there is none equal to that of being free from envy towards others. – GUP
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No excellence excels the one
That by nature envies none– SB.        

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162.If one could gain freedom from envy, no greater boon than that could be had-EVS

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162. விழுப்பேற்றின் அஃதொப்பது இல்லையார் மாட்டும்
அழுக்காற்றின் அன்மை பெறின்

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163.Can an envious heart ever dream of virtue or wealth? – ANM+2

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163.The man who envies another’s wealth is the man,

Who could never aspire to virtue and wealth himself- – SMD

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163
Nor wealth nor virtue does that man desire ’tis plain,
Whom others’ wealth delights not, feeling envious pain.
Of him who instead of rejoicing in the wealth of others, envies it, it will be said “he neither desires virtue not wealth.” – GUP
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163.Who envies others’ good fortune
Can’t prosper in virtue of his own– SB.        

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`163.He who does not care for ethics, virtue or wealth is the one who envies another property- EVS

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163. அறன்ஆக்கம் வேண்டாதான் என்பான் பிறனாக்கம்
பேணாது அழுக்கறுப் பான்

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Valluvar in Indonesia.

164.The wise commint not evil out of envy; for envy is the deadliest of sins– ANM+2

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164. Those who know the harm that comes of deeds of envy,

Will shun all evil arising out of it –– SMD

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164
The wise through envy break not virtue’s laws,
Knowing ill-deeds of foul disgrace the cause.
(The wise) knowing the misery that comes from transgression will not through envy commit unrighteous deeds. – GUP
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164.The wise through envy don’t others wrong
Knowing that woes from evils throng– SB.        

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164.The wise will do no wrong actuated by envy as they realise that evil is bound to result from such wrong doing –EVS

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164. அழுக்காற்றின் அல்லவை செய்யார் இழுக்காற்றின்
ஏதம் படுபாக்கு அறிந்து

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165.Envy in itself is a dread enemy to undo the soul— ANM+2

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165.Even without external enemies, envy is productive of evil;

His own enemy is enough to ruin a man- – SMD

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165
Envy they have within! Enough to seat their fate!
Though foemen fail, envy can ruin consummate.
To those who cherish envy that is enough. Though free from enemies that (envy) will bring destruction. – GUP

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165.Man shall be wrecked by envy’s whim
Even if enemies spare him– SB.        

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165.He who is envious needs no enemy to ruin him. Envy itself is enough to bring him ruin- EVS

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165.Envy alone is ill enough to envious men; though they escape their foes, it will surely ruin bring- H A Popley – HAP (not full book; only selected couplets) Year 1931

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165. அழுக்காற உடையார்க்கு அதுசாலும் ஒன்னார்
வழுக்கியும் கேடீன் பது

To be continued……………………………………….

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