Thirukkural 1076 in English
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Tamil original
அறைபறை அன்னர் கயவர்தாம் கேட்ட
மறைபிறர்க்கு உய்த்துரைக்க லான்.
Transliteration
Araiparai Annar Kayavardhaam Ketta
Maraipirarkku Uyththuraikka Laan
Modern English
“Mean people are like a loud drum: once they hear a secret, they carry its sound to everyone.”
Modern Interpretation
Mean people are like a loud drum: once they hear a secret, they carry its sound to everyone. If a friend shares a private problem, repeating it in a group turns trust into gossip.
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Modern Plain English
Mean people are like a loud drum: once they hear a secret, they carry its sound to everyone.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
The base are like the beaten drum Since other's secrets they proclaim
G.U. Pope Translation
The base are like the beaten drum; for, when they hearThe sound the secret out in every neighbour's ear
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The base are like a drum that is beaten, for they unburden to others the secrets they have heard
Tamil commentary
தாம் அறிந்த ரகசியங்களைப் பிறரிடம் வலியச் சென்று சொல்லுவதால், அடிக்கப்படும் பறையைப் போன்றவர் கயவர்.
Chapter 108
More from Baseness
கயமை
The mean seem men only in form We have never seen such a sham
Kural 1072The base seem richer than the good For no care enters their heart or head
Kural 1073The base are like gods; for they too As prompted by their desire do
Kural 1074When the base meets a rake so vile Him he will exceed, exult and smile
Kural 1075Fear forms the conduct of the low Craving avails a bit below
Kural 1076The base are like the beaten drum Since other's secrets they proclaim
Kural 1077The base their damp hand will not shake But for fists clenched their jaws to break
Kural 1078The good by soft words profits yield The cane-like base when crushed and killed
Kural 1079Faults in others the mean will guess On seeing how they eat and dress
Kural 1080The base hasten to sell themselves From doom to flit and nothing else