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Chapter 13: அடக்கமுடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 13

Kural 124

அடக்கமுடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

நிலையின் திரியாது அடங்கியான் தோற்றம் மலையினும் மாணப் பெரிது.

Nilaiyin Thiriyaadhu Atangiyaan Thotram Malaiyinum Maanap Peridhu

“Firmly fixed in self serene The sage looks grander than mountain”

In his station, all unswerving, if man self subdue,Greater he than mountain proudly rising to the view

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Kural #124

The Mountain Within

The story shows how Arjun's self-restraint in a moment of provocation reflects the greatness described in the Kural. More lofty than a mountain will be the greatness of that man who without swerving from his domestic state, controls himself

6–10 yr 1 min