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Thirukkural 94

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

Kural 94

துன்புறூஉம் துவ்வாமை இல்லாகும் யார்மாட்டும்
இன்புறூஉம் இன்சொ லவர்க்கு.

Thunpurooum Thuvvaamai Illaakum Yaarmaattum
Inpurooum Inso Lavarkku

The men of pleasant speech that gladness breathe around, Through indigence shall never sorrow's prey be found

Meaning

Sorrow-increasing poverty shall not come upon those who use towards all, pleasure-increasing sweetness of speech.

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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