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Thirukkural 160

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

Kural 160

உண்ணாது நோற்பார் பெரியர் பிறர்சொல்லும்
இன்னாச்சொல் நோற்பாரின் பின்.

Unnaadhu Norpaar Periyar Pirarsollum
Innaachchol Norpaarin Pin

Though 'great' we deem the men that fast and suffer pain, Who others' bitter words endure, the foremost place obtain

Meaning

Those who endure abstinence from food are great, next to those who endure the uncourteous speech of others.

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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