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Chapter 28: கூடாவொழுக்கம்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 28

Kural 277

கூடாவொழுக்கம்

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திருக்குறள்

புறங்குன்றி கண்டனைய ரேனும் அகங்குன்றி முக்கிற் கரியார் உடைத்து.

Purangundri Kantanaiya Renum Akangundri Mukkir Kariyaar Utaiththu

“Berry-red is his outward view, Black like its nose his inward hue”

Outward, they shine as 'kunri' berry's scarlet bright;Inward, like tip of 'kunri' bead, as black as night

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Kural #277

The Bright Berry and the Hidden Dark

The story illustrates the Kural's warning that some people appear bright and attractive like a red berry, but possess a dark and deceitful nature within. (The world) contains persons whose outside appears (as fair) as the (red) berry of the Abrus, but whose inside is as black as the nose of that berry

8–14 yr 2 min