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Thirukkural 303

Chapter 31: வெகுளாமை (Restraining Anger) · Virtue

Kural 303

மறத்தல் வெகுளியை யார்மாட்டும் தீய
பிறத்தல் அதனான் வரும்.

Maraththal Vekuliyai Yaarmaattum Theeya
Piraththal Adhanaan Varum

If any rouse thy wrath, the trespass straight forget; For wrath an endless train of evils will beget

Meaning

Forget anger towards every one, as fountains of evil spring from it.

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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