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Points to be noted:

This advice of Don’t steal or Don’t desire for others; property is already n the Isavasya Upanishad and the Ten Commandments in the Bible. Being an ardent Hindu, Valluvar talks about heaven in the last couplet 290.

But I wonder why Valluvar included under asceticism. It should be in the previous Virtue section.

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Following Translations are used:

1.A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 ( 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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Project Madurai website has all the Tamil books.

Part 47

 Chapter 29. Absence of Fraud; கள்ளாமை,

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281.Guard yourself against every dark thought of fraud, lest you should become the scorn of the world- A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 ( B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan), Year 1933

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281.All who seek to free of ill-repute and others’ contempt,

Shall guard against fraudulent and deceitful thought- S M Diaz, I G of Police – SMD, Year 2000

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281
Who seeks heaven’s joys, from impious levity secure,
Let him from every fraud preserve his spirit pure.
Let him, who desires not to be despised, keep his mind from (the desire of) defrauding another of the smallest thing. Rev.Dr.GU Pope – GUP, Year 1886
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281.Let him who would reproachless be
From all frauds guard his conscience free. – Suddhananda Bharathiyar – SB

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281.One who would be esteemed as a person desirous of attaining bliss should keep his mind free from fraudulent intentions- EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986

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281. எள்ளாமை வேண்டுவான் என்பான் எனைத்தொன்றும்
கள்ளாமை காக்கதன் நெஞ்சு.

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282.The very thought of stealing others’ riches is sin; for, if you lust the possessions of another, you have committed theft already in your heart- ANM+2

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282.The very thought of annexing other people’s property,

By fraudulent means, is grossly sinful-– SMD

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282
‘Tis sin if in the mind man but thought conceive;
‘By fraud I will my neighbour of his wealth bereave.’
Even the thought (of sin) is sin; think not then of crafiily stealing the property of another– GUP.
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282.”We will by fraud win other’s wealth”
Even this thought is sin and stealth.        – SB

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282.Evil though is sinful. Therefore, one should not even think of defrauding another of his possession – EVS

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282.Think not “we will by fraud another’s riches steal “

For even to think of doing ill is sinfulness indeed- H A Popley – HAP (not full book; only selected couplets) Year 1931

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282. உள்ளத்தால் உள்ளலும் தீதே பிறன்பொருளைக்
கள்ளத்தால் கள்வேம் எனல்.

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283.Behold the fortune that is built up by fraud; verily it decays even in the midst of its smiling plenty-ANM+2

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283.The wealth accumulated by fraud,

Will disappear equally fast-– SMD

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283
The gain that comes by fraud, although it seems to grow
With limitless increase, to ruin swift shall go.
The property, which is acquired by fraud, will entirely perish, even while it seems to increase. – GUP
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283.The gain by fraud may overflow
But swift to ruin it shall go.        – SB

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283.Wealth begotten by fraudulent means may seem to increase for a time, but will eventually disappear altogether- EVS

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283. As riches won by fraud grow quickly more and more,

So will they, just like that, as swiftly come to nought- HAP

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283. களவினால் ஆகிய ஆக்கம் அளவிறந்து
ஆவது போலக் கெடும்.

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284.The insatiable thirst for plunder brings in the long run endless grief- ANM+2

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284.The love of fraudulent gain, in its result,

Leads to ever-lasting misery-– SMD

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284
The lust inveterate of fraudful gain,
Yields as its fruit undying pain.
The eager desire of defrauding others will, when it brings forth its fruit, produce undying sorrow. – GUP
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284.The fruit that fraud and greed obtain
Shall end in endless grief and pain.        – SB

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284.The inordinate desire of defrauding another’s wealth will bring unending misery when the time for retribution comes- EVS

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284. களவின்கண் கன்றிய காதல் விளைவின்கண்
வீயா விழுமம் தரும்.

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285.Does the villain who lies in wait to rob another of his wealth in his unguarded moment ever know the acts of tenderness which spring out of a benevolent heart?- ANM+2

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285.Those who lie in wait for an oof-chance to appropriate others’ possessions,

Will never widen such love as they have into a living compassion-– SMD

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285
‘Grace’ is not in their thoughts, nor know they kind affection’s power,
Who neighbour’s goods desire, and watch for his unguarded hour.
The study of kindness and the exercise of benevolence is not with those who watch for another’s forgetfulness, though desire of his property. – GUP
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285.Love and Grace are not their worth
Who watch to waylay dozer’s wealth.        – SB
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285.Looking for opportunities of defrauding others is not in the nature of those who desire grace and are kindly- EVS

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285. அருள்கருதி அன்புடைய ராதல் பொருள்கருதிப்
பொச்சாப்புப் பார்ப்பார்கண் இல்.

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286.He walks not in the path of rectitude who is full of consuming thoughts of plunder- ANM+2

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286.Those who aim at fraudulent gain all the time,

Can abide by the rule of law and code of righteousness-– SMD

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286
They cannot walk restrained in wisdom’s measured bound,
In whom inveterate lust of fraudful gain is found.
They cannot walk steadfastly, according to rule, who eagerly desire to defraud others. – GUP
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286.They cannot walk in measured bounds
who crave and have covetous ends.        – SB
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286.Those who are possessed of an inordinate desire for theft will never conform to the code of right living- EVS

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286. அளவின்கண் நின்றொழுகல் ஆற்றார் களவின்கண்
கன்றிய காத லவர்

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287.The dark forces of fraud and deceit do no not invade a devout heart that hungers for the joy which comes of righteousness- ANM+2

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287.Those who abide by the guidelines of wisdom, progressing towards righteousness,

Will never be guilty of dark and fraudulent gain-– SMD

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287
Practice of fraud’s dark cunning arts they shun,
Who long for power by ‘measured wisdom’ won.
That black-knowledge which is called fraud, is not in those who desire that greatness which is called rectitude. – GUP
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287.Men of measured wisdom shun
Black art of fraud and what it won– SB
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287.The illusion of a thieving nature cannot be fraud in those who desire the magnanimity of living righteously – EVS

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287. களவென்னும் காரறி வாண்மை அளவென்னும்
ஆற்றல் புரிந்தார்கண் இல்.

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288. Righteousness for ever dwells in the heart of one that treads the path of virtue; even so does the soul of a robber become the haunt of foul thoughts of deceit- ANM+2

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288.Just as virtue reigns in the heart, regulated by a correct sense of values,

Fraud lives in the heart that is full of deceit-– SMD

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288
As virtue dwells in heart that ‘measured wisdom’ gains;
Deceit in hearts of fraudful men established reigns.
Deceit dwells in the mind of those who are conversant with fraud, even as virtue in the mind s of those who are conversant with rectitude. – GUP
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288.Virtue abides in righteous hearts
Into minds of frauds deceit darts.       – SB
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288.As virtue dwells in the heart of those who have realised the truth, even so will deceit dwell in the mind of those skilled in theft- EVS

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288. அளவறிந்தார் நெஞ்சத் தறம்போல் நிற்கும்
களவறிந்தார் நெஞ்சில் கரவு.

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289.Behold the man who thinks on nothing but fraud and deceit; he straightaway perishes in the dust- ANM+2

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289.Those who cherish the art of fraud

Will perish by their own actions-– SMD

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289
Who have no lore save that which fraudful arts supply,
Acts of unmeasured vice committing straightway die.
Those, who are acquainted with nothing but fraud, will perish in the very commission of transgression. – GUP
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289.They perish in their perfidy
Who know nothing but pilfery.        – SB
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289.Those who know nothing but theft will come to sudden ruin by the commission of the theft they planned- EVS

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289. அளவல்ல செய்தாங்கே வீவர் களவல்ல
மற்றைய தேற்றா தவர்.

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290.Even his body is not his own who practises deceit on the world; but heaven awaits the soul which is free from it- ANM+2

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290.Even the powers of the body will fall, when fraud is constantly practise;

On the other hand, the man of rectitude will be in such form as to be loved by the Gods-– SMD

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290
The fraudful forfeit life and being here below;
Who fraud eschew the bliss of heavenly beings know.
Even their body will fail the fraudulent; but even the world of the gods will not fail those who are free from fraud. – GUP

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290.Even the body rejects thieves;
The honest men, heaven receives.       – SB

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290.Those who practise theft suffer here and hereafter. Those who are free from this evil will not be rejected even by the gods- EVS

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290. கள்வார்க்குத் தள்ளும் உயிர்நிலை கள்ளார்க்குத்
தள்ளாது புத்தே ளுலகு

–Subham—

Tags –Tirukkural Encyclopaedia, Chapter 29,  (Kural 281-290) Part 47, Chapter 29, Absence of Fraud, கள்ளாமை,