Thirukural written by Thiruvalluvar consists of three books, the first book on Aram (the Way or Dharma), the second on Porul (Material or Artha) and the third on Inbam (Joy or Kama).

There are 37 chapters in the first book, the first four called Payiram or Prefactory Matter, the next twenty about Ill-Aram (the householder’s Dharma) and the next thirteen about Turavaram (the path of Renunciation). The second book on Porul contains seventy chapters, the first twenty dealing with Kings and their Duties, the succeeding thirty two chapters with the other matters concerning the State, and next thirteen, with Sundry Concerns. The third book on Inbam contains twenty five chapters, the first seven being on Pre Marital Love (Kalavu) and the next eighteen on Marital Love.

There are 133 chapters in all, each chapter contains ten distichs in the metre known as Kural and the work itself is now called by that name.

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0321. அறவினை யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை

0321. Aravinai Yaathenin Kollaamai

  • குறள் #
    0321
  • பால்
    அறத்துப்பால் (Arathuppal) - Virtue
  • இயல்
    துறவறவியல் (Thuravaraviyal) - Ascetic Virtue
  • அதிகாரம்
    கொல்லாமை(Kollaamai)
    Not Killing
  • குறள்
    அறவினை யாதெனின் கொல்லாமை கோறல்
    பிறவினை எல்லாந் தரும்.
  • விளக்கம்
    அறச்செயல் எது என்றால், எந்த ஓர் உயிரையும் கொல்லாமையே. கொல்லுதல், வேறு பாவச் செயல்கள் எல்லாவற்றையும் தானே தரும்.
  • Translation
    in English
    What is the work of virtue? 'Not to kill';
    For 'killing' leads to every work of ill.
  • Meaning
    Never to destroy life is the sum of all virtuous conduct. The destruction of life leads to every evil.
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