Kural 1318Chapter 132: Feigned Anger

Thirukkural 1318 in English

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Tamil original

தும்முச் செறுப்ப அழுதாள் நுமர்உள்ளல்
எம்மை மறைத்திரோ என்று.

Transliteration

Thummuch Cheruppa Azhudhaal Numarullal
Emmai Maraiththiro Endru

Modern English

“Even hiding a sneeze to avoid jealousy can create more suspicion.”

Modern Interpretation

Even hiding a sneeze to avoid jealousy can create more suspicion. If a partner tries to conceal a harmless reaction, the other may wonder whether something else is being kept from them.

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Modern Plain English

Even hiding a sneeze to avoid jealousy can create more suspicion.

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

I repressed sneeze; she wept crying \"Your thoughts from me you are hiding\"

G.U. Pope Translation

And so next time I checked my sneeze; She forthwith wept and cried,(That woman difficult to please), 'Your thoughts from me you hide'

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

When I suppressed my sneezing, she wept saying, "I suppose you (did so) to hide from me your own people's remembrance of you"

Tamil commentary

அடுத்தமுறை தும்மல் வர அதனை வெளிப்படுத்தாமல் நான் அடக்கினேன்; அதைப் பார்த்து யாரோ உமக்கு வேண்டியவர்கள் உம்மை நினைப்பதை நான் அறிந்துவிடக்கூடாது என்று எனக்கு மறைக்கிறீரோ, என்று ஊடி அழுதாள்.

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