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Kural 896
பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை
Not Offending the Great
எரியால் சுடப்படினும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்யார்
பெரியார்ப் பிழைத்தொழுகு வார்.
Eriyaal Sutappatinum Uyvuntaam Uyyaar / Periyaarp Pizhaiththozhuku Vaar
English
One can escape in fire caught The great who offends escapes not
— Though in the conflagration caught, he may escape from thence:He 'scapes not who in life to great ones gives offence
Though burnt by a fire (from a forest), one may perhaps live; (but) never will he live who has shown disrespect to the great (devotees)