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Thirukkural 158

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

Kural 158

மிகுதியான் மிக்கவை செய்தாரைத் தாந்தம்
தகுதியான் வென்று விடல்.

Mikudhiyaan Mikkavai Seydhaaraith Thaandham
Thakudhiyaan Vendru Vital

With overweening pride when men with injuries assail, By thine own righteous dealing shalt thou mightily prevail

Meaning

Let a man by patience overcome those who through pride commit excesses.

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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