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Kural 689
தூது
The Envoy
விடுமாற்றம் வேந்தர்க்கு உரைப்பான் வடுமாற்றம்
வாய்சேரா வன்கணவன்.
Vitumaatram Vendharkku Uraippaan Vatumaatram / Vaaiseraa Vanka Navan
English
The envoy who ports the king's message Has flawless words and heart's courage
— His faltering lips must utter no unworthy thing,Who stands, with steady eye, to speak the mandates of his king
He alone is fit to communicate (his sovereign's) reply, who possesses the firmness not to utter even inadvertently what may reflect discredit (on the latter)