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Thirukkural 186

Chapter 19: புறங்கூறாமை (Not Backbiting) · Virtue

Kural 186

பிறன்பழி கூறுவான் தன்பழி யுள்ளும்
திறன்தெரிந்து கூறப் படும்.

Piranpazhi Kooruvaan Thanpazhi Yullum
Thirandherindhu Koorap Patum

Who on his neighbours' sins delights to dwell, The story of his sins, culled out with care, the world will tell

Meaning

The character of the faults of that man who publishes abroad the faults of others will be sought out and published.

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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