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Thirukkural 302

Chapter 31: வெகுளாமை (Restraining Anger) · Virtue

Kural 302

செல்லா இடத்துச் சினந்தீது செல்லிடத்தும்
இல்அதனின் தீய பிற.

Sellaa Itaththuch Chinandheedhu Sellitaththum
Iladhanin Theeya Pira

Where power is none to wreak thy wrath, wrath importent is ill; Where thou hast power thy will to work, 'tis greater, evil still

Meaning

Anger is bad, even when it cannot injure; when it can injure; there is no greater evil.

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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