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Thirukkural 191

Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை (Against Vain Speaking) · Virtue

Kural 191

பல்லார் முனியப் பயனில சொல்லுவான்
எல்லாரும் எள்ளப் படும்.

Pallaar Muniyap Payanila Solluvaan
Ellaarum Ellap Patum

Words without sense, while chafe the wise, Who babbles, him will all despise

Meaning

He who to the disgust of many speaks useless things will be despised by all.

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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