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Kural 266
தவம்
Penance
தவஞ்செய்வார் தங்கருமஞ் செய்வார்மற் றல்லார்
அவஞ்செய்வார் ஆசையுட் பட்டு.
Thavanj Cheyvaar Thangarumanj Cheyvaarmar / Rallaar Avanjeyvaar Aasaiyut Pattu
English
Who do penance achieve their aim Others desire-rid themselves harm
— Who works of 'penance' do, their end attain,Others in passion's net enshared, toil but in vain
Those discharge their duty who perform austerities; all others accomplish their own destruction, through the entanglement of the desire (of riches and sensual pleasure)