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Thirukkural 91

Chapter 10: இனியவை கூறல் (The Utterance of Pleasant Words) · Virtue

Kural 91

இன்சொலால் ஈரம் அளைஇப் படிறுஇலவாம்
செம்பொருள் கண்டார்வாய்ச் சொல்.

Insolaal Eeram Alaiip Patiruilavaam
Semporul Kantaarvaaich Chol

Pleasant words are words with all pervading love that burn; Words from his guileless mouth who can the very truth discern

Meaning

Sweet words are those which imbued with love and free from deceit flow from the mouth of the virtuous.

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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