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Thirukkural 642

Chapter 65: சொல்வன்மை (Power of Speech) · Wealth

Kural 642

ஆக்கமுங் கேடும் அதனால் வருதலால்
காத்தோம்பல் சொல்லின்கட் சோர்வு.

Aakkamung Ketum Adhanaal Varudhalaal
Kaaththompal Sollinkat Sorvu

Since gain and loss in life on speech depend, From careless slip in speech thyself defend

Meaning

Since (both) wealth and evil result from (their) speech, ministers should most carefully guard themselves against faultiness therein.

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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