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Chapter 99: சான்றாண்மை

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 99

Kural 982

சான்றாண்மை

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திருக்குறள்

குணநலம் சான்றோர் நலனே பிறநலம் எந்நலத்து உள்ளதூஉம் அன்று.

Kunanalam Saandror Nalane Piranalam Ennalaththu Ulladhooum Andru

“Good in the great is character Than that there is nothing better”

The good of inward excellence they claim,The perfect men; all other good is only good in name

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Kural #982

The True Spark of Joy

The story illustrates that the delight of a virtuous person comes from their own goodness, not from sensory pleasures. The only delight of the perfect is that of their goodness; all other (sensual) delights are not to be included among any (true) delights

8–14 yr 2 min