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Thirukkural 984

Chapter 99: சான்றாண்மை (Perfectness) · Wealth

Kural 984

கொல்லா நலத்தது நோன்மை பிறர்தீமை
சொல்லா நலத்தது சால்பு.

Kollaa Nalaththadhu Nonmai Pirardheemai
Sollaa Nalaththadhu Saalpu

The type of 'penitence' is virtuous good that nothing slays; To speak no ill of other men is perfect virtue's praise

Meaning

Penance consists in the goodness that kills not , and perfection in the goodness that tells not others' faults.

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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