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According to Parimeelazhahar another's wife Arthasastra ascetic avoid bear better bracelets Brahmin cling comes couplet coyness crore cruel death deeds delight despise disgrace distress earth elephant embrace enemy envious envy evil eyes False Friends fame fate faults fear five senses flower foe's foes folly fool fool's fortress friends friendship gain give gods guard heart heaven heroic couplet honour hurt ignorant Jain Jainism jewel John Lazarus killing king king's Kural lack learning live look lose love's loveless madal man's Manu Samhita mean mind Mylapore never nicety one's pallor penance poverty praise rain Rajaji Ramayana renunciation rich Right conduct ruin Sanskrit sanyasi scorns seven births shame shoulders Sir William Jones slipping clothes sloth smile sorrow sulks sweet words Tamil poetry Tamil word things thought Tiruvalluvar translated Valluvar verse virtue virtuous Vishnu wealth well-born wisdom wise woman wrath yearning