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Thirukkural 131

Chapter 14: ஒழுக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Decorum) · Virtue

Kural 131

ஒழுக்கம் விழுப்பந் தரலான் ஒழுக்கம்
உயிரினும் ஓம்பப் படும்.

Ozhukkam Vizhuppan Tharalaan Ozhukkam
Uyirinum Ompap Patum

'Decorum' gives especial excellence; with greater care'Decorum' should men guard than life, which all men share

Meaning

Propriety of conduct leads to eminence, it should therefore be preserved more carefully than life.

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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