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Thirukkural 151

Chapter 16: பொறையுடைமை (The Possession of Patience, Forbearance) · Virtue

Kural 151

அகழ்வாரைத் தாங்கும் நிலம்போலத் தம்மை
இகழ்வார்ப் பொறுத்தல் தலை.

Akazhvaaraith Thaangum Nilampolath Thammai
Ikazhvaarp Poruththal Thalai

As earth bears up the men who delve into her breast, To bear with scornful men of virtues is the best

Meaning

To bear with those who revile us, just as the earth bears up those who dig it, is the first of virtues.

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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