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Thirukkural 28

Chapter 3: நீத்தார் பெருமை (The Greatness of Ascetics) · Virtue

Kural 28

நிறைமொழி மாந்தர் பெருமை நிலத்து
மறைமொழி காட்டி விடும்.

Niraimozhi Maandhar Perumai Nilaththu
Maraimozhi Kaatti Vitum

The might of men whose word is never vain, The 'secret word' shall to the earth proclaim

Meaning

The hidden words of the men whose words are full of effect, will shew their greatness to the world.

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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