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Kural 261
தவம்
Penance
உற்றநோய் நோன்றல் உயிர்க்குறுகண் செய்யாமை
அற்றே தவத்திற் குரு.
Utranoi Nondral Uyirkkurukan Seyyaamai / Atre Thavaththir Kuru
English
Pains endure; pain not beings This is the type of true penance
— To bear due penitential pains, while no offenceHe causes others, is the type of 'penitence'
The nature of religious discipline consists, in the endurance (by the ascetic) of the sufferings which it brings on himself, and in abstaining from giving pain to others