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Thirukkural 193

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

Kural 193

நயனிலன் என்பது சொல்லும் பயனில
பாரித் துரைக்கும் உரை.

Nayanilan Enpadhu Sollum Payanila
Paarith Thuraikkum Urai

Diffusive speech of useless words proclaimsA man who never righteous wisdom gains

Meaning

That conversation in which a man utters forth useless things will say of him "he is without virtue."

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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