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Thirukkural 301

Chapter 31: வெகுளாமை (Restraining Anger) · Virtue

Kural 301

செல்லிடத்துக் காப்பான் சினங்காப்பான் அல்லிடத்துக்
காக்கின்என் காவாக்கால் என்?

Sellitaththuk Kaappaan Sinangaappaan Allitaththuk
Kaakkinen Kaavaakkaal En?

Where thou hast power thy angry will to work, thy wrath restrain; Where power is none, what matter if thou check or give it rein

Meaning

He restrains his anger who restrains it when it can injure; when it cannot injure, what does it matter whether he restrain it, or not ?

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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