AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 15
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செப்பம் உடையவன் ஆக்கம் சிதைவின்றி
எச்சத்திற்கு ஏமாப் புடைத்து. (18)
If a slight deviation from justice were to fetch you the most maximum amount of wealth and power, Valluvar strongly condemns it saying that it must be rejected with contemptuous disregard instantaneously.
நன்றே தரினும் நடுவிகந்து ஆம் ஆக்கத்தை
அன்றே ஒழிய விடல். (19)
i.e., Give up all wealth however good and pleasant it may be, if it is acquired by dubious means. Trade and Commerce will flourish only when people engaged in it are upright in their dealings. Unjust and unfair transactions in trade will result in the fall of the society in the estimation of other peoples of the world
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