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Thirukkural 132

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

Kural 132

பரிந்தோம்பிக் காக்க ஒழுக்கம் தெரிந்தோம்பித்
தேரினும் அஃதே துணை.

Parindhompik Kaakka Ozhukkam Therindhompith
Therinum Aqdhe Thunai

Searching, duly watching, learning, 'decorum' still we find; Man's only aid; toiling, guard thou this with watchful mind

Meaning

Let propriety of conduct be laboriously preserved and guarded; though one know and practise and excel in many virtues, that will be an eminent aid.

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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