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Thirukkural 574

Chapter 58: கண்ணோட்டம் (Benignity) · Wealth

Kural 574

உளபோல் முகத்தெவன் செய்யும் அளவினால்
கண்ணோட்டம் இல்லாத கண்.

Ulapol Mukaththevan Seyyum Alavinaal
Kannottam Illaadha Kan

The seeming eye of face gives no expressive light, When not with duly meted kindness bright

Meaning

Beyond appearing to be in the face, what good do they do, those eyes in which is no well-regulated kindness ?

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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