Purity in Action
The good external help confers is wordly gain;
by action good men every needed gift obtain.
From action evermore itself restrain,
of glory and of good that yeilds no gain.
Who tell themselves that nobler things shall yet be won,
All deeds that dim the light of glory must they shun.
Though troubles press,no shameful deed they do,
Whose eyes the ever-during vision view.
Do nought that soul repenting must deplore,
if thou hast sinned, tis well if thou dost sin no more.
—- Thiruvalluvar
–Translation by REV. G.U.pope.