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Chapter. 20. The Not Speaking Profitless Words
Kural-191
Words without sense, while chafe the wise,
Who babbles, him will all despise.
Meaning : He who to the disgust of many speaks useless things will be despised by all.
Kural-192
Words without sense, where many wise men hear, to pour
Than deeds to friends ungracious done offendeth more.
Meaning : To speak useless things in the presence of many is a greater evil than to do unkind things towards friends.
Kural-193
Diffusive speech of useless words proclaims
A man who never righteous wisdom gains.
Meaning : That conversation in which a man utters forth useless things will say of him "he is without virtue."
Kural-194
Unmeaning, worthless words, said to the multitude,
To none delight afford, and sever men from good.
Meaning : The words devoid of profit or pleasure which a man speaks will, being inconsistent with virtue, remove him from goodness.
Kural-195
Gone are both fame and boasted excellence,
When men of worth speak of words devoid of sense.
Meaning : If the good speak vain words their eminence and excellence will leave them.
Kural-196
Who makes display of idle words' inanity,
Call him not man, -chaff of humanity!
Meaning : Call not him a man who parades forth his empty words. Call him the chaff of men.
Kural-197
Let those who list speak things that no delight afford,
'Tis good for men of worth to speak no idle word.
Meaning : Let the wise if they will, speak things without excellence; it will be well for them not to speak useless things.
Kural-198
The wise who weigh the worth of every utterance,
Speak none but words of deep significance.
Meaning : The wise who seek after rare pleasures will not speak words that have not much weight in them.
Kural-199
The men of vision pure, from wildering folly free,
Not e'en in thoughtless hour, speak words of vanity.
Meaning : Those wise men who are without faults and are freed from ignorance will not even forgetfully speak things that profit not.
Kural-200
If speak you will, speak words that fruit afford,
If speak you will, speak never fruitless word.
Meaning : Speak what is useful, and speak not useless words.