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Thirukkural 154

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

Kural 154

நிறையுடைமை நீங்காமை வேண்டின் பொறையுடைமை
போற்றி யொழுகப் படும்.

Niraiyutaimai Neengaamai Ventin Poraiyutaimai
Potri Yozhukap Patum

Seek'st thou honour never tarnished to retain; So must thou patience, guarding evermore, maintain

Meaning

If you desire that greatness should never leave, you preserve in your conduct the exercise of patience.

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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