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Thirukkural 123

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

Kural 123

செறிவறிந்து சீர்மை பயக்கும் அறிவறிந்து
ஆற்றின் அடங்கப் பெறின்.

Serivarindhu Seermai Payakkum Arivarindhu
Aatrin Atangap Perin

If versed in wisdom's lore by virtue's law you self restrainYour self-repression known will yield you glory's gain

Meaning

Knowing that self-control is knowledge, if a man should control himself, in the prescribed course, such self-control will bring him distinction among the wise.

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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