Arraniyalaan endrum ozhugaan aranniyal VaazhnaLnaduvoorum kedum.

One who does not always act according to virtue falls from virtue itself — and will be ruined during their lifetime.

அறத்தில் ஒழுகாதவன் அறத்திலிருந்தே வீழ்வான்; வாழும் நாட்களிலேயே கேடு வரும்.

Inconsistency in virtue leads to its complete loss — and consequent ruin during one's own lifetime, not just after death. Valluvar consistently warns that the consequences of adharma are not deferred to some future life but arrive in THIS life. The connection between conduct and consequence is immediate.