The Living Kural
Virtue / CHAPTER 16

Kural 159

Kural 159 · The Possession of Patience, Forbearance

துறந்தாரின் தூய்மை உடையர் இறந்தார்வாய் இன்னாச்சொல் நோற்கிற் பவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

They who transgressors' evil words endure With patience, are as stern ascetics pure.

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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