Truthfulness (Vaaimai)
Content
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
| Chapter | 30 |
| Kural Numbers | 291-300 |
| Iyal | Thuravaraviyal |
| Paal | Araththuppaal |
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
| Chapter | 30 |
| Kurals | 291-300 |
| Paal | Araththuppaal |
| Iyal | Thuravaraviyal |
| Famous Kurals | 293, 298 |