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Thirukkural 98

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

Kural 98

சிறுமையுவு நீங்கிய இன்சொல் மறுமையும்
இம்மையும் இன்பம் தரும்.

Sirumaiyul Neengiya Insol Marumaiyum
Immaiyum Inpam Tharum

Sweet kindly words, from meanness free, delight of heart, In world to come and in this world impart

Meaning

Sweet speech, free from harm to others, will give pleasure both in this world and in the next.

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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