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Kural 660
வினைத் தூய்மை
Purity in Action
சலத்தால் பொருள்செய்தே மார்த்தல் பசுமண்
கலத்துள்நீர் பெய்திரீஇ யற்று.
Salaththaal Porulseydhe Maarththal Pasuman / Kalaththulneer Peydhireei Yatru
English
The wealth gathered in guilty ways Is water poured in wet clay vase
— In pot of clay unburnt he water pours and would retain,Who seeks by wrong the realm in wealth and safety to maintain
(For a minister) to protect (his king) with wealth obtained by foul means is like preserving a vessel of wet clay by filling it with water