Thirukkural-On Virtue-Control Of Temper-Kural 307

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'He, who sees substance in anger and gives way to it, will suffer evil consequences,Even as the fool who slaps the ground'.

A fool who hits the ground in anger hurts himself; even so, a man who gives way to anger will injure himself seriously. Temper has the seeds of self-destruction, said the sage. Rajaji would comment on this as under:

'He who hits the ground with his hand hurts himself by that act. Anger hurts the angry man, not the other. The certainty as well as the incidence of the harm are brought out by the analogy.'

This is in line with Parimelalagar's interpretation.