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Chapter 30: வாய்மை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 30

Kural 292

வாய்மை

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திருக்குறள்

பொய்மையும் வாய்மை யிடத்த புரைதீர்ந்த நன்மை பயக்கும் எனின்.

Poimaiyum Vaaimai Yitaththa Puraidheerndha Nanmai Payakkum Enin

“E'en falsehood may for truth suffice, When good it brings removing vice”

Falsehood may take the place of truthful word,If blessing, free from fault, it can afford

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Kural #292

Kavin's Kind Little Lie

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that a lie becomes truthful in nature if its sole purpose is to achieve a faultless good. Even falsehood has the nature of truth, if it confer a benefit that is free from fault

6–10 yr 1 min