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Thirukkural 133

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

Kural 133

ஒழுக்கம் உடைமை குடிமை இழுக்கம்
இழிந்த பிறப்பாய் விடும்.

Ozhukkam Utaimai Kutimai Izhukkam
Izhindha Pirappaai Vitum

'Decorum's' true nobility on earth;'Indecorum's' issue is ignoble birth

Meaning

Propriety of conduct is true greatness of birth, and impropriety will sink into a mean birth.

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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