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Thirukkural 641

Chapter 65: சொல்வன்மை (Power of Speech) · Wealth

Kural 641

நாநலம் என்னும் நலனுடைமை அந்நலம்
யாநலத்து உள்ளதூஉம் அன்று.

Naanalam Ennum Nalanutaimai Annalam
Yaanalaththu Ulladhooum Andru

A tongue that rightly speaks the right is greatest gain, It stands alone midst goodly things that men obtain

Meaning

The possession of that goodness which is called the goodness of speech is (even to others) better than any other goodness.

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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