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Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 20

Kural 196

பயனில சொல்லாமை

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திருக்குறள்

பயனில்சொல் பாராட்டு வானை மகன்எனல் மக்கட் பதடி யெனல்.

Payanil Sol Paaraattu Vaanai Makanenal Makkat Padhati Yenal

“Call him a human chaff who prides Himself in weightless idle words”

Who makes display of idle words' inanity,Call him not man, -chaff of humanity

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Kural #196

Words vs. Deeds

The story illustrates the Kural's warning against those who parade empty words instead of proving themselves through action. Call not him a man who parades forth his empty words Call him the chaff of men

8–14 yr 1 min