Thirukkural 703 in English
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Tamil original
குறிப்பிற் குறிப்புணர் வாரை உறுப்பினுள்
யாது கொடுத்தும் கொளல்.
Transliteration
Kurippir Kurippunar Vaarai Uruppinul
Yaadhu Kotuththum Kolal
Modern English
“A person who can read unspoken signals is worth keeping as a trusted helper, whatever it costs.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who can read unspoken signals is worth keeping as a trusted helper, whatever it costs. A team leader should value the colleague who senses confusion in a meeting and helps everyone get back on track.
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Modern Plain English
A person who can read unspoken signals is worth keeping as a trusted helper, whatever it costs.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
By sign who scans the sign admit At any cost in cabinet
G.U. Pope Translation
Who by the sign the signs interprets plain,Give any member up his aid to gain
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The king should ever give whatever (is asked) of his belongings and secure him who, by the indications (of his own mind) is able to read those of another
Tamil commentary
தான் குறிப்புச் செய்ய, அதைக் கண்டு பிறர் முகத்தையும் கண்ணையும் பார்த்தே அவர் மனக்கருத்தைக் கண்டு சொல்லும் திறம் மிக்கவரைத் தன்னிடம் இருக்கும் செல்வங்களுள் எதைக் கொடுத்தேனும் துணையாக வைத்துக் கொள்ள 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