Thirukkural 702 in English
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Tamil original
ஐயப் படாஅது அகத்தது உணர்வானைத்
தெய்வத்தோ டொப்பக் கொளல்.
Transliteration
Aiyap Pataaadhu Akaththadhu Unarvaanaith
Theyvaththo Toppak Kolal
Modern English
“Someone who can understand another person's feelings clearly and without guesswork deserves extraordinary respect.”
Modern Interpretation
Someone who can understand another person's feelings clearly and without guesswork deserves extraordinary respect. A close friend who notices you are anxious even when you say 'I'm fine' shows this rare insight.
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Modern Plain English
Someone who can understand another person's feelings clearly and without guesswork deserves extraordinary respect.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Take him as God who reads the thought Of another man with without a doubt
G.U. Pope Translation
Undoubting, who the minds of men can scan,As deity regard that gifted man
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
He is to be esteemed a god who is able to ascertain without a doubt what is within (one's mind)
Tamil commentary
அடுத்தவனின் மனக்கருத்தைச் சந்தேகத்திற்கு இடம் இல்லாமல் கண்டுகொள்ளும் ஆற்றல் உள்ளவனைத் தெய்வத்திற்குச் சமமாக மதிக்க வேண்டும்.
Chapter 71
More from The Knowledge of Indications
குறிப்பறிதல்
Who reads the mind by look, untold Adorns the changeless sea-girt world
Kural 702Take him as God who reads the thought Of another man with without a doubt
Kural 703By sign who scans the sign admit At any cost in cabinet
Kural 704Untold, he who divines the thought Though same in form is quite apart
Kural 705Among senses what for is eye If thought by thought one can't descry?
Kural 706What throbs in mind the face reflects Just as mirror nearby objects
Kural 707Than face what is subtler to tell First if the mind feels well or ill
Kural 708Just standing in front would suffice For those who read the mind on face
Kural 709Friend or foe the eyes will show To those who changing outlooks know
Kural 710The scale of keen discerning minds Is eye and eye that secrets finds