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Chapter 13: அடக்கமுடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 13

Kural 129

அடக்கமுடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

தீயினாற் சுட்டபுண் உள்ளாறும் ஆறாதே நாவினாற் சுட்ட வடு.

Theeyinaar Suttapun Ullaarum Aaraadhe Naavinaar Sutta Vatu

“The fire-burnt wounds do find a cure Tongue-burnt wound rests a running sore”

In flesh by fire inflamed, nature may thoroughly heal the sore;In soul by tongue inflamed, the ulcer healeth never more

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Kural #129

The Scar of Words

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that verbal insults cause deeper, more permanent damage than physical burns. The wound which has been burnt in by fire may heal, but a wound burnt in by the tongue will never heal

8–14 yr 1 min