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Thirukkural 200

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

Kural 200

சொல்லுக சொல்லிற் பயனுடைய சொல்லற்க
சொல்லிற் பயனிலாச் சொல்.

Solluka Sollir Payanutaiya Sollarka
Sollir Payanilaach Chol

If speak you will, speak words that fruit afford, If speak you will, speak never fruitless word

Meaning

Speak what is useful, and speak not useless words.

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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