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Thirukkural 122

Chapter 13: அடக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Self-restraint) · Virtue

Kural 122

காக்க பொருளா அடக்கத்தை ஆக்கம்
அதனினூஉங் கில்லை உயிர்க்கு.

Kaakka Porulaa Atakkaththai Aakkam
Adhaninooung Killai Uyirkku

Guard thou as wealth the power of self-control; Than this no greater gain to living soul

Meaning

Let self-control be guarded as a treasure; there is no greater source of good for man than that.

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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