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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 291
What is truthfulness? It is the speaking of words
Which are entirely free from harmful effects.
Verse 292
Even falsehood is of the nature of truth,
If it gives good results free from fault.
Verse 293
Let a man not speak as truth what he knows to be false,
For his conscience will scorch him when he has lied.
Verse 294
He who lives truly in his own heart,
Truly lives in the hearts of all people.
Verse 295
Those who speak only truth from the heart
Surpass even penitents and philanthropists.
Verse 296
No prestige surpasses the absence of falsehood;
All other virtues flow from it effortlessly.
Verse 297
Not lying, and merely not lying, is beneficial
For those who can't practice and won't practice other virtues.
Verse 298
Water is sufficient to cleanse the body,
But only truthfulness will purify the mind.
Verse 299
Not all lamps are effective lamps.
The lamp of nonlying is the wise man's lamp.
Verse 300
Among all great truths which we have ever beheld,
Not one can equal the goodness of veracity.
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