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Thirukkural 958

Kural 958

நலத்தின்கண் நாரின்மை தோன்றின் அவனைக்
குலத்தின்கண் ஐயப் படும்.

Nalaththinkan Naarinmai Thondrin Avanaik
Kulaththinkan Aiyap Patum

If lack of love appear in those who bear some goodly name,'Twill make men doubt the ancestry they claim

Meaning

If one of a good family betrays want of affection, his descent from it will be called in question.

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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