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Chapter 30: வாய்மை

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 30

Kural 298

வாய்மை

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திருக்குறள்

புறள்தூய்மை நீரான் அமையும் அகந்தூய்மை வாய்மையால் காணப் படும்.

Puraldhooimai Neeraan Amaiyum Akandhooimai Vaaimaiyaal Kaanap Patum

“Water makes you pure outward Truth renders you pure inward”

Outward purity the water will bestow;Inward purity from truth alone will flow

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Kural #298

The Light of Truth

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that physical cleanliness is external, while mental purity is achieved through honesty. Purity of body is produced by water and purity of mind by truthfulness

8–14 yr 2 min