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Thirukkural 199

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

Kural 199

பொருள்தீர்ந்த பொச்சாந்துஞ் சொல்லார் மருள்தீர்ந்த
மாசறு காட்சி யவர்.

Poruldheerndha Pochchaandhunj Chollaar Maruldheerndha
Maasaru Kaatchi Yavar

The men of vision pure, from wildering folly free, Not e'en in thoughtless hour, speak words of vanity

Meaning

Those wise men who are without faults and are freed from ignorance will not even forgetfully speak things that profit not.

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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