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Thirukkural 1016

Kural 1016

நாண்வேலி கொள்ளாது மன்னோ வியன்ஞாலம்
பேணலர் மேலா யவர்.

Naanveli Kollaadhu Manno Viyangnaalam
Penalar Melaa Yavar

Unless the hedge of shame inviolate remain, For men of lofty soul the earth's vast realms no charms retain

Meaning

The great make modesty their barrier (of defence) and not the wide world.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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