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Thirukkural 644

Chapter 65: சொல்வன்மை (Power of Speech) · Wealth

Kural 644

திறனறிந்து சொல்லுக சொல்லை அறனும்
பொருளும் அதனினூஉங்கு இல்.

Thiranarindhu Solluka Sollai Aranum
Porulum Adhaninooungu Il

Speak words adapted well to various hearers' state; No higher virtue lives, no gain more surely great

Meaning

Understand the qualities (of your hearers) and (then) make your speech; for superior to it, there is neither virtue nor wealth.

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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