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Thirukkural 29

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

Kural 29

குணமென்னும் குன்றேறி நின்றார் வெகுளி
கணமேயும் காத்தல் அரிது.

Kunamennum Kundreri Nindraar Vekuli
Kanameyum Kaaththal Aridhu

The wrath 'tis hard e'en for an instant to endure, Of those who virtue's hill have scaled, and stand secure

Meaning

The anger of those who have ascended the mountain of goodness, though it continue but for a moment, cannot be resisted.

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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