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Not Coveting Anothers Wife
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By Staff

Viliyaathu nirkum pali
Lusting after the neighbour's wife, because it is easy,Would lead only to lasting disgrace.
Such disreputable liaison invariably ends up in sin and shame, for which there is no end.
This
idea
finds
mention
in
Naladiar
84
thus.
'Kaalil
kudi
paliyaam'
In
Kambaramayanam,
too,
the
same
sentiments
are
expressed
in
the
following
verse.
Aasil
para
thaaramavai
yanjchirai
yadaipaem
Maasil
puhal
kaadhaluruvaem
valamai
koorap
Paesuvadhu
maanam
idai
paenuvadhu
kaamam
Koosuvadhu
maanidarai
nanru
nama
kottram
( Kamba Ramayanam-Mantram: 52 )
The following lines of the Bible on the man who commits adultery are relevant here.
'A
wound
and
dishonour
shall
he
get
and
his
reproach
shall
not
be
wiped
away'.
(proverbs 6:33)
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