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Thirukkural 415

Kural 415

இழுக்கல் உடையுழி ஊற்றுக்கோல் அற்றே
ஒழுக்க முடையார்வாய்ச் சொல்.

Izhukkal Utaiyuzhi Ootrukkol Atre
Ozhukka Mutaiyaarvaaich Chol

Like staff in hand of him in slippery ground who straysAre words from mouth of those who walk in righteous ways

Meaning

The words of the good are like a staff in a slippery place.

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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