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Thirukkural 250

Chapter 25: அருளுடைமை (Compassion) · Virtue

Kural 250

வலியார்முன் தன்னை நினைக்கதான் தன்னின்
மெலியார்மேல் செல்லு மிடத்து.

Valiyaarmun Thannai Ninaikka Thaan
Thannin Meliyaarmel Sellu Mitaththu

When weaker men you front with threat'ning brow, Think how you felt in presence of some stronger foe

Meaning

When a man is about to rush upon those who are weaker than himself, let him remember how he has stood (trembling) before those who are stronger than himself.

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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