Tirukural – Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Possession of Self-Control
Verse 124
With a massive mountain behind him, a man sits before trays of delicious food. Others are gathered around, gossiping, drinking and otherwise indulging themselves, as he sits detached from such temptations.
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Verse 121
Self-control will place one among the Gods,
while lack of it will lead to deepest darkness.
Verse 122
Guard your self-control as a precious treasure,
for there is no greater wealth in life than this.
Verse 123
Comprehending and acquiring self-control
confers upon one the esteem of wise men.
Verse 124
More imposing than a mountain is the greatness of a man who,
steadfast in domestic life, has mastered self-control.
Verse 125
Humility is a precious quality in all people,
but it has a rare richness in the rich.
Verse 126
Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who
restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven.
Verse 127
Whatever you may fail to guard, guard well your tongue,
for flawed speech unfailingly invokes anguish and affliction.
Verse 128
The goodness of all one’s virtues can be lost
by speaking even a single word of injury.
Verse 129
The wound caused by fire heals in its time;
the burn inflicted by an inflamed tongue never heals.
Verse 130
Virtue will wait in the streets to meet a man
possessed of learning and self-discipline, his anger subdued.
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December 7th, 2020 at 6:37 pm
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