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Thirukkural 305

Chapter 31: வெகுளாமை (Restraining Anger) · Virtue

Kural 305

தன்னைத்தான் காக்கின் சினங்காக்க காவாக்கால்
தன்னையே கொல்லுஞ் சினம்.

Thannaiththaan Kaakkin Sinangaakka Kaavaakkaal
Thannaiye Kollunj Chinam

If thou would'st guard thyself, guard against wrath alway;'Gainst wrath who guards not, him his wrath shall slay

Meaning

If a man would guard himself, let him guard against anger; if he do not guard it, anger will kill him.

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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