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Thirukkural 294

Kural 294

உள்ளத்தாற் பொய்யா தொழுகின் உலகத்தார்
உள்ளத்து ளெல்லாம் உளன்.

Ullaththaar Poiyaa Thozhukin Ulakaththaar
Ullaththu Lellaam Ulan

True to his inmost soul who lives,- enshrinedHe lives in souls of all mankind

Meaning

He who, in his conduct, preserves a mind free from deceit, will dwell in the minds of all men.

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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