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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Kural 978: The Tirukkural on Humility and Greatness

January 18, 2022

A verse on how humbleness leads to greatness and how largeness of heart grows from humility.

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Smallness adores and adorns itself—greatness
Is always humble

பணியுமாம் என்றும் பெருமை சிறுமை
அணியுமாம் தன்னை வியந்து

From chapter 98, “Greatness.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

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