திறனறிந்து சொல்லுக சொல்லை அறனும்
பொருளும் அதனினூஉங்கு இல்.
Speak words adapted well to various hearers' state;No higher virtue lives, no gain more surely great
Understand the qualities (of your hearers) and (then) make your speech; for superior to it, there is neither virtue nor wealth