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Chapter 10: இனியவைகூறல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 10

Kural 95

இனியவைகூறல்

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திருக்குறள்

பணிவுடையன் இன்சொலன் ஆதல் ஒருவற்கு அணியல்ல மற்றுப் பிற.

Panivutaiyan Insolan Aadhal Oruvarku Aniyalla Matrup Pira

“To be humble and sweet words speak No other jewel do wise men seek”

Humility with pleasant speech to man on earth,Is choice adornment; all besides is nothing worth

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Kural #95

The True Ornament

The story illustrates that material possessions are secondary to the beauty of a humble character and pleasant speech. Humility and sweetness of speech are the ornaments of man; all others are not (ornaments)

8–14 yr 1 min