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Thirukkural 685

Kural 685

தொகச்சொல்லித் தூவாத நீக்கி நகச்சொல்லி
நன்றி பயப்பதாந் தூது.

Thokach Chollith Thoovaadha Neekki
Nakachcholli Nandri Payappadhaan Thoodhu

In terms concise, avoiding wrathful speech, who utters pleasant word, An envoy he who gains advantage for his lord

Meaning

He is an ambassador who (in the presence of foreign rulers) speaks briefly, avoids harshness, talks so as to make them smile, and thus brings good (to his own sovereign).

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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