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Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 20

Kural 192

பயனில சொல்லாமை

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திருக்குறள்

பயனில பல்லார்முன் சொல்லல் நயனில நட்டார்கண் செய்தலிற் றீது.

Payanila Pallaarmun Sollal Nayanila Nattaarkan Seydhalir Reedhu

“Vain talk before many is worse Than doing to friends deeds adverse”

Words without sense, where many wise men hear, to pourThan deeds to friends ungracious done offendeth more

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Kural #192

The Weight of Empty Words

The story illustrates that public gossip or meaningless talk in a crowd is more damaging to a person's character than private conflicts. To speak useless things in the presence of many is a greater evil than to do unkind things towards friends

8–14 yr 1 min