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Chapter 12: நடுவு நிலைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 12

Kural 119

நடுவு நிலைமை

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திருக்குறள்

சொற்கோட்டம் இல்லது செப்பம் ஒருதலையா உட்கோட்டம் இன்மை பெறின்.

Sorkottam Illadhu Seppam Orudhalaiyaa Utkottam Inmai Perin

“Justice is upright, unbending And free from crooked word-twisting”

Inflexibility in word is righteousness,If men inflexibility of soul possess

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Kural #119

The Mirror of Truth

The story illustrates that clear and honest speech is only possible when one's mind is free from personal prejudice or favoritism. Freedom from obliquity of speech is rectitude, if there be (corresponding) freedom from bias of mind

8–14 yr 2 min