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Truthfulness (Vaaimai)

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Meaning of Truthfulness

Vaaimai = Speaking truth, not lying

Types of Truthfulness

  • Speech truth - Speaking only truth
  • Mind truth - Being true in mind
  • Action truth - Being honest in actions

Benefits of Truthfulness

  • Greater than all virtues
  • Purifies the mind
  • Everyone will respect
  • Fame will last

Chapter Details

Chapter30
Kural Numbers291-300
IyalThuravaraviyal
PaalAraththuppaal

Verbal Authority - Kuralas (291-300)

Kural 291

A word of mouth is nothing
Saying without malice.

Meaning:What is eloquence? Speaking words that are not harmful to others.

🌟The definition of dumb!

Kural 292

Falsehood and speechless
Beneficial enine.

Meaning:If innocence is beneficial, so is falsehood.

Kural 293

After lying for the sake of knowing one's own heart
Shoots itself.

Meaning:Don't lie to know your heart; If you tell a lie, your heart will regret itself.

🌟Famous Kural!

Kural 294

People of the world of false prayer
Everything is within.

Meaning:If the mind does not lie, the world will have everything in the mind.

Kural 295

The penance of the mind is the penance of the tongue
Thananchei Var's head.

Meaning:He who speaks with his heart is better than he who does penance and charity.

Kural 296

I am not lying, I am not praising you
All virtues give.

Meaning:There is no fame like infallibility; It gives all virtue without fatigue.

🌟Key point!

Kural 297

Poiyamai Poiyamai is the source of the river
Inaction is good.

Meaning:If you practice truthfulness, it is good even if you do not practice other virtues.

Kural 298

Anthraxity is an acanthoculus formed by a neuron
Seen by the mouth.

Meaning:Purification is achieved by water; Internal purity is achieved through the mouth.

🌟The most famous Kural!

Kural 299

Not all lamps are lamps for the witnesses
A lamp is a lamp.

Meaning:Not every lamp is a lamp; Truthfulness is the light for witnesses.

Kural 300

None of what Yameyak saw
A good other of the mouth.

Meaning:As far as I've come across, nothing is better than silence.

Key points

Kurla Comment
291 DEFINITION OF VOCATIONALITY
293 His own chest will shoot itself 🌟
296 There is no fame like infallibility
298 Due to lack of inner cleanliness 🌟

TNPSC Exam Questions

Fill in the Blanks

1. Vaaimai enappaduvadhu yaadhenin yaadhonum _______ ilaadha solal.

Answer

theemai

2. Puranthooimai neeraan amaiyum aganthooimai _______ kaanap padum.

Answer

vaaimaiyaal

MCQ Questions

3. Vaaimai chapter kural numbers:

a) 281-290   b) 291-300   c) 301-310   d) 311-320

Answer

b) 291-300

4. Which Iyal does Vaaimai belong to?

a) Illaraviyal   b) Thuravaraviyal   c) Oozhiyal   d) Arasiyal

Answer

b) Thuravaraviyal

Remember

Chapter30
Kurals291-300
PaalAraththuppaal
IyalThuravaraviyal
Famous Kurals293, 298
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