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Thirukkural 308

Chapter 31: வெகுளாமை (Restraining Anger) · Virtue

Kural 308

இணர்எரி தோய்வன்ன இன்னா செயினும்
புணரின் வெகுளாமை நன்று.

Inareri Thoivanna Innaa Seyinum
Punarin Vekulaamai Nandru

Though men should work thee woe, like touch of tongues of fire'Tis well if thou canst save thy soul from burning ire

Meaning

Though one commit things against you as painful (to bear) as if a bundle of fire had been thrust upon you, it will be well, to refrain, if possible, from anger.

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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