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Thirukkural 1076

Kural 1076

அறைபறை அன்னர் கயவர்தாம் கேட்ட
மறைபிறர்க்கு உய்த்துரைக்க லான்.

Araiparai Annar Kayavardhaam Ketta
Maraipirarkku Uyththuraikka Laan

The base are like the beaten drum; for, when they hearThe sound the secret out in every neighbour's ear

Meaning

The base are like a drum that is beaten, for they unburden to others the secrets they have heard.

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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