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Thirukkural 291

Kural 291

வாய்மை எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதொன்றும்
தீமை இலாத சொலல்.

Vaaimai Enappatuvadhu Yaadhenin Yaadhondrum
Theemai Ilaadha Solal

You ask, in lips of men what 'truth' may be;'Tis speech from every taint of evil free

Meaning

Truth is the speaking of such words as are free from the least degree of evil (to others).

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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