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Thirukkural 298

Kural 298

புறள்தூய்மை நீரான் அமையும் அகந்தூய்மை
வாய்மையால் காணப் படும்.

Puraldhooimai Neeraan Amaiyum Akandhooimai
Vaaimaiyaal Kaanap Patum

Outward purity the water will bestow; Inward purity from truth alone will flow

Meaning

Purity of body is produced by water and purity of mind by truthfulness.

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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