வாழ்க தமிழ் நெறி
துன்னியார் குற்றமும் தூற்றும் மரபினார்
என்னைகொல் ஏதிலார் மாட்டு
tuṉṉiyār kuṟṟamum tūṟṟum marapiṉār / eṉṉaikol ētilār māṭṭu
பொருள்: நெருங்கிய நண்பரின் குற்றத்தையும் பறைசாற்றுவது ஒருவரின் பழக்கமானால், வெறும் அந்நியரிடம் என்ன க ொடுமையைச் செய்யார்? நெருங்கியோரைக் காட்டிக்கொடுப்பவரை எவரிடமும் நம்ப இயலாது.
“Those whose habit is to broadcast even an intimate friend's faults — what will they not do to a mere stranger?”
தம்மோடு நெருங்கிப் பழகிய நண்பர்களின் அந்தரங்கக் குற்றங்களையும் ஊரறியப் புறம்பேசித் தூற்றும் கொடிய பழக்கம் உடையவர்கள், முன்பின் தெரியாத பிற மனிதர்களிடம் எத்தகைய தீமைகளைத்தான் செய்ய மாட்டார்கள்?
Those whose habit is to broadcast the private vulnerabilities and faults of their most intimate friends will spare no one. If they betray those who loved and trusted them, they will stop at nothing when dealing with strangers.
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133 அதிகாரங்கள்கருப்பொருள்கள் · Themes
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The Thirukkural,
line by line.
1,330 short couplets on how to live — written in Tamil by the poet Thiruvalluvar over two thousand years ago, and still quoted every day. Every couplet published here carries the Tamil and its sound, two classic English translations, Parimelazhagar's commentary, and a plain modern reading anyone can follow.
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Interactive 7-seer couplet puzzle, 4+3 rhythm metronome, voice mirror, mock stage competition simulator, and 1-click printable cheatsheets.
You don't need to know Tamil or anything about India. The Kural is practical wisdom — on kindness, honesty, family, leadership, and love — in couplets so short they're easy to remember.
It opens in praise of God and never says which one. No sect, no nation, no caste is asked for — the whole book is addressed to anyone, which is why it has been carried into dozens of languages and read by people of every faith, and of none.
Read a single couplet, or a whole chapter. Each one has the Tamil, its sound in English letters, three translations, the old commentary, and a plain explanation written for adults, for teens, and — outside the chapters on love — for children.
துன்னியார் குற்றமும் தூற்றும் மரபினார்
என்னைகொல் ஏதிலார் மாட்டு
tuṉṉiyār kuṟṟamum tūṟṟum marapiṉār / eṉṉaikol ētilār māṭṭu
Those whose habit is to broadcast even an intimate friend's faults — what will they not do to a mere stranger?
G.U. Pope (1886): “Whose nature bids them faults of closest friends proclaim / What mercy will they show to other men's good name?”
Modern reading is an AI draft, pending Tamil-scholar review · how we make content
🌅 Read Morning Reflection & Share Wisdom Card →Three books, 133 chapters, 1,330 couplets
Valluvar built the Kural in three parts — the good life, the working world, and love. Ten couplets to a chapter, every chapter on a single theme.
How to live well — character, the home, love, kindness, gratitude, and right action in everyday life.
How the world works — leadership, justice, friendship, learning, and earning a living honourably.
The inner life of love — longing, courtship, union, and the tender play between two hearts.
133 chapters live · 1330 couplets
The whole Kural is online — every line sourced, every modern reading still awaiting a named reviewer.
There are many. This one is rigorously sourced, transparent about review status, and free to read — wisdom you can examine for yourself.
Every source named
Only public-domain works we can name and date — G.U. Pope (1886), V.V.S. Aiyar (1916), and Parimelazhagar's 13th-century commentary, shown verbatim.
Translations side by side
Never one 'official' rendering. Pope and Aiyar reach for different words a century apart, and a plain modern reading sits beside them — because translating a 2,000-year-old verse is interpretation, not lookup.
AI drafts · status stays visible
Modern explanations are AI-drafted and may be previewed while review is pending. They remain clearly labelled until a named Tamil scholar reads, edits, and signs off.
Built for the whole world
Written in plain English for readers everywhere, with the Tamil always beside it — and a 'word the verse turns on' to carry the meaning translation loses.