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Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 20

Kural 193

பயனில சொல்லாமை

Position 3/10

திருக்குறள்

நயனிலன் என்பது சொல்லும் பயனில பாரித் துரைக்கும் உரை.

Nayanilan Enpadhu Sollum Payanila Paarith Thuraikkum Urai

“The babbler's hasty lips proclaim That \"good-for-nothing\" is his name”

Diffusive speech of useless words proclaimsA man who never righteous wisdom gains

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Kural #193

The Weight of Words

The story illustrates how vain and useless speech can lead others to view a person as lacking virtue, directly reflecting Kural 193. That conversation in which a man utters forth useless things will say of him "he is without virtue."

6–10 yr 1 min