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Thirukkural 93

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

Kural 93

முகத்தான் அமர்ந்து இனிதுநோக்கி அகத்தானாம்
இன்சொ லினதே அறம்.

Mukaththaan Amarndhuinidhu Nokki Akaththaanaam
Inso Linadhe Aram

With brightly beaming smile, and kindly light of loving eye, And heart sincere, to utter pleasant words is charity

Meaning

Sweet speech, flowing from the heart (uttered) with a cheerful countenance and a sweet look, is true virtue.

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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