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Thirukkural 99

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

Kural 99

இன்சொல் இனிதீன்றல் காண்பான் எவன்கொலோ
வன்சொல் வழங்கு வது?

Insol Inidheendral Kaanpaan Evankolo
Vansol Vazhangu Vadhu?

Who sees the pleasure kindly speech affords, Why makes he use of harsh, repellant words

Meaning

Why does he use harsh words, who sees the pleasure which sweet speech yields ?

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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