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Thirukkural 115

Chapter 12: நடுவு நிலைமை (Impartiality) · Virtue

Kural 115

கேடும் பெருக்கமும் இல்லல்ல நெஞ்சத்துக்
கோடாமை சான்றோர்க் கணி.

Ketum Perukkamum Illalla Nenjaththuk
Kotaamai Saandrork Kani

The gain and loss in life are not mere accident; Just mind inflexible is sages' ornament

Meaning

Loss and gain come not without cause; it is the ornament of the wise to preserve evenness of mind (under both).

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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