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Chapter 16: பொறையுடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 16

Kural 154

பொறையுடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

நிறையுடைமை நீங்காமை வேண்டின் பொற்யுடைமை போற்றி யொழுகப் படும்.

Niraiyutaimai Neengaamai Ventin Poraiyutaimai Potri Yozhukap Patum

“Practice of patient quality Retains intact itegrity”

Seek'st thou honour never tarnished to retain;So must thou patience, guarding evermore, maintain

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Kural #154

The Strength of Silence

The story illustrates that controlling one's temper and practicing patience preserves one's dignity and greatness, as per the Kural. If you desire that greatness should never leave, you preserve in your conduct the exercise of patience

8–14 yr 2 min