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Kural 254
புலால் மறுத்தல்
Abstinence from Flesh
அருளல்ல தியாதெனிற் கொல்லாமை கோறல்
பொருளல்லது அவ்வூன் தினல்.
Arulalladhu Yaadhenin Kollaamai Koral / Porulalladhu Avvoon Thinal
English
If merciless it is to kill, To kill and eat is disgraceful
— 'What's grace, or lack of grace'? 'To kill' is this, that 'not to kill';To eat dead flesh can never worthy end fulfil
If it be asked what is kindness and what its opposite, the answer would be preservation and destruction of life; and therefore it is not right to feed on the flesh (obtained by taking away life)