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Thirukkural 192

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

Kural 192

பயனில பல்லார்முன் சொல்லல் நயனில
நட்டார்கண் செய்தலிற் றீது.

Payanila Pallaarmun Sollal Nayanila
Nattaarkan Seydhalir Reedhu

Words without sense, where many wise men hear, to pourThan deeds to friends ungracious done offendeth more

Meaning

To speak useless things in the presence of many is a greater evil than to do unkind things towards friends.

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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