The Kural or the Maxims of Tiruvalluvar/Chapter 32
CHAPTER 32
NON-INJURING
311. The pure in heart injure not others even for the sake of the wealth that glorifieth a man : for that is their way.
312. Even when another hath injured them in his hate, the pure in heart return not the injury : for that is their way.
313. If thou injure another, even though it be only a man who hath injured thee without any provocation, thou simply bringest down upon thyself evils that can never be remedied.
314. How shall a man punish them that have injured him ? Let him do them a good turn and make them ashamed in their hearts.
315. Of what avail is intelligence to a man if he doth not look on others' pain as his own and abstain from injuring any?
316. When a man hath felt a pain for himself, let him take care that he inflicteth it not on others.
317. It is a great thing it thou injure not knowingly any man, at any time, and in any degree.
318. He who hath felt what pain meaneth to himself, how doth he bring himself to inflict it on others ?
319. If a man injureth his neighbour in the forenoon, evil will come to him in the afternoon of its own accord.
320. All evil recoileth on the head of the wrong-doer : they abstain therefore from wrong-doing who desire to be immune from ills.
