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Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 20

Kural 194

பயனில சொல்லாமை

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நயன்சாரா நன்மையின் நீக்கும் பயன்சாராப் பண்பில்சொல் பல்லா ரகத்து.

Nayansaaraa Nanmaiyin Neekkum Payansaaraap Panpilsol Pallaa Rakaththu

“Vain words before an assembly Will make all gains and goodness flee”

Unmeaning, worthless words, said to the multitude,To none delight afford, and sever men from good

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Kural #194

The Weight of Empty Words

The story illustrates how vain and useless speech can harm both the listener and the speaker's virtue. The words devoid of profit or pleasure which a man speaks will, being inconsistent with virtue,

8–14 yr 2 min