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Tirukkural-On Virtue-Avoiding Idle Talk-Kural 191
Ellaarum ellap padum
The man who talks purposeless rant in a congregation Will make himself the laughing stock of all.
In this chapter Thiruvalluvar deals with the habit of indulgence in profitless. Words. According to Parimelalagar, this is the fourth of the sins, committed by one's tongue. These sins are falsehood, harsh words, tale-bearing and profitless words. This is in line with the postulations in old tamil literature (Eaelaadhi 28).
He
would
explain
that
as
falsehood
is
something
which
cannot
be
fully
eschewed
except
by
ascetics,
the
poet
gives
here,
in
relation
to
householders,
only
his
precepts
for
eschewing
the
other
three.
This
chapter
on
avoidance
of
idle
talk,
therefore,
follows
the
one
on
not
slandering.
The practice of indulging in profitless and purposeless words, wastes everybody's time, offends and hurts others and injures the speaker too. In the process, he lowers himself into universal contempt. By his idle talk he will only succeed in making himself an object of ridicule.
The Bible has this to say on the subject:
'A
fool's
mouth
is
his
destruction;
and
his
lips
are
the
snare
of
his
soul'.
(Proverbs
18:7)
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