Thirukkural 439 in English

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Tamil original

வியவற்க எஞ்ஞான்றும் தன்னை நயவற்க
நன்றி பயவா வினை.

Transliteration

Viyavarka Egngnaandrum Thannai Nayavarka
Nandri Payavaa Vinai

English Translation

“Never boast yourself in any mood Nor do a deed that does no good”

Plain-English meaning

Let no (one) praise himself, at any time; let him not desire to do useless things

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English Translation

Never boast yourself in any mood Nor do a deed that does no good

G.U. Pope Translation

Never indulge in self-complaisant mood,Nor deed desire that yields no gain of good

Plain-English Meaning

Let no (one) praise himself, at any time; let him not desire to do useless things

எவ்வளவு பெரிதாக வளர்ந்தாலும் அகங்காரம் கொண்டு பெரிதாகப் பேசாதே; நாட்டுக்கும் ஆட்சிக்கும் நன்மை தராத செயல்களைச் செய்ய விரும்பாதே.

Chapter 44

குற்றங்கடிதல்

Plenty is their prosperity Who're free from wrath pride lust petty

Mean pride, low pleasure, avarice These add blemishes to a prince

Though millet-small their faults might seem Men fearing disgrace, Palm-tall deem

Watch like treasure freedom from fault Our fatal foe is that default

Who fails to guard himself from flaw Loses his life like flame-lit straw

What fault can be the king's who cures First his faults, then scans others

That miser's wealth shall waste and end Who would not for a good cause spend

The gripping greed of miser's heart Is more than fault the worst apart

Never boast yourself in any mood Nor do a deed that does no good

All designs of the foes shall fail If one his wishes guards in veil