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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 141
Those who know virtue's laws and property's rights
Never indulge in the folly of desiring another man's wife.
Verse 142
Among those who stand outside virtue, there is no greater fool
Than he who stands with a lustful heart outside another's gate.
Verse 143
No different from the dead are those who
Wickedly desire the wife of a friend.
Verse 144
Though a man's measure is mountainous, what good is it
If, without the minutest concern, he takes another's wife?
Verse 145
A man who seduces another man's wife, knowing she is easy,
Suffers a shame which neither dies nor diminishes.
Verse 146
Hatred, sin, fear and disgrace-these four
Never forsake the man who commits adultery.
Verse 147
He is decreed a worthy householder
Who holds no desire for the womanliness of another's wife.
Verse 148
The chivalry that does not look upon another's wife
Is not mere virtue - it is saintly conduct.
Verse 149
In a world imperiled by the fearsome sea, to whom do good things belong?
To men never impassioned to caress a married women.
Verse 150
Though a man deserts virtue and indulges in vice,
He keeps some decency by not wanting another's wife's womanliness.
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