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Tirrukural, the - Book 1 Impropriety
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Tirrukural, the - Book 1 Impropriety
271 The five elements will laugh within
At a hypocrite's lying conduct.
272. What use is a sky-high pose to one
Who knowingly does wrong?
273. A weakling in a giant's form
Is an ox grazing in a tiger's skin.
274. A sinning ascetic uses his cloak
As a bird-hunter a bush.
275. Those who say they are unattached and sin
Will cry in misery, "Alas!" "Alas!"
276. There is none so cruel as the lying ascetic
Who lives by deceit.
277. Like the konri red to view but black on top
Are many, ochre-robed but black within.
278. Many spotted minds bathe in holy streams
And lead a double life.
279. The lute is bent, the arrow straight: judge men
Not by their looks but acts.
280. No need of tonsure or long hair
If one but avoids what the world condemns.