DO NOT COVET

Azhukkaaru is envy, an inability to feel happy at the sight of another's well being. Vehhil, greed, is covetousness, the desire to obtain by illegitimate means what is another's. If a man's mind turns to thoughts of abandoning rectitude and taking by illegitimate means what belongs to others, it will automatically lead him from error to error and bring disgrace on him and his family.

Those who desire to be happy in the real sense do not turn to what is not legitimate, which at the most can give but transient pleasure. What then is a man to do? Rein your mind back, says Tiru-Valluvar, whenever the wandering senses seek to drag the mind towards what is wrong.

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