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Chapter 30: வாய்மை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 30

Kural 291

வாய்மை

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திருக்குறள்

வாய்மை எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதொன்றும் தீமை இலாத சொலல்.

Vaaimai Enappatuvadhu Yaadhenin Yaadhondrum Theemai Ilaadha Solal

“If \"What is truth\"? the question be, It is to speak out evil-free”

You ask, in lips of men what 'truth' may be;'Tis speech from every taint of evil free

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Kural #291

The Kind Truth

The story illustrates that truth is not just about being factual, but about ensuring our words do not cause malice or unnecessary pain to others. Truth is the speaking of such words as are free from the least degree of evil (to others)

8–14 yr 1 min