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Thirukkural 159

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

Kural 159

துறந்தாரின் தூய்மை உடையர் இறந்தார்வாய்
இன்னாச்சொல் நோற்கிற் பவர்.

Thurandhaarin Thooimai Utaiyar Irandhaarvaai
Innaachchol Norkir Pavar

They who transgressors' evil words endureWith patience, are as stern ascetics pure

Meaning

Those who bear with the uncourteous speech of the insolent are as pure as the ascetics.

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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