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Thirukkural 419

Kural 419

நுணங்கிய கேள்விய ரல்லார் வணங்கிய
வாயின ராதல் அரிது.

Nunangiya Kelviya Rallaar Vanangiya
Vaayina Raadhal Aridhu

'Tis hard for mouth to utter gentle, modest word, When ears discourse of lore refined have never heard

Meaning

It is a rare thing to find modesty, a reverend mouth- with those who have not received choice instruction.

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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