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Thirukkural 959

Kural 959

நிலத்தில் கிடந்தமை கால்காட்டும் காட்டும்
குலத்தில் பிறந்தார்வாய்ச் சொல்.

Nilaththil Kitandhamai Kaalkaattum Kaattum
Kulaththil Pirandhaarvaaich Chol

Of soil the plants that spring thereout will show the worth:The words they speak declare the men of noble birth

Meaning

As the sprout indicates the nature of the soil, (so) the speech of the noble indicates (that of one's birth).

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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