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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 911
The sweet words of beautifully bangled women who desire
A man's wealth and not his love cause his fall into disgrace.
Verse 912
Weigh the worth and abandon the company of unvirtuous women
Who weigh the profit and talk of their virtues.
Verse 913
A mercenary woman pretends intimate embrace,
But in the darkened room she holds a stranger's corpse.
Verse 914
Men seeking spiritual treasures are too richly wise
To touch tawdry women who treasure only material riches.
Verse 915
Men of innate good sense and acquired sagacity
Never touch tramps who share their shameful beauty with all.
Verse 916
Men who desire to extend their own goodness
Will not embrace desireable women who extend lewd charms to all.
Verse 917
Only men devoid of a chaste mind will lie in the arms of women
Whose hearts covet other things as they embrace.
Verse 918
It is said that men devoid of discerning wisdom
Succumb to a deceiving damsel's embrace as to a siren's song.
Verse 919
The soft arms of the elegantly jewelled harlot
Are an infernal pit wherein base, ignorant men are engulfed.
Verse 920
Two-faced females, besotting brew and addictive dice
Befriend the men whom fortune has forsaken.
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