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Thirukkural 92

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

Kural 92

அகன்அமர்ந்து ஈதலின் நன்றே முகனமர்ந்து
இன்சொலன் ஆகப் பெறின்.

Akanamarndhu Eedhalin Nandre Mukanamarndhu
Insolan Aakap Perin

A pleasant word with beaming smile's preferred, Even to gifts with liberal heart conferred

Meaning

Sweet speech, with a cheerful countenance is better than a gift made with a joyous mind.

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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