Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Ascetic Virtue (துறவறவியல்) — Restraining Anger (வெகுளாமை)

Kural 301:
செல்லிடத்துக் காப்பான் சினங்காப்பான் அல்லிடத்துக்
காக்கின்என் காவாக்கா லென்
sellitaththuk kaappaan sinangaappaan allitaththuk
kaakkin-en kaavaakkaa laen
English couplet:
Where thou hast power thy angry will to work, thy wrath restrain;
Where power is none, what matter if thou check or give it rein?.
Explanation: He restrains his anger who restrains it when it can injure; when it cannot injure, what does it matter whether he restrain it, or not ?.

Kural 302:
செல்லா இடத்துச் சினந்தீது செல்லிடத்தும்
இல்அதனின் தீய பிற.
sellaa idaththuch sinandheedhu sellitaththum
iladhanin theeya piRa
English couplet:
Where power is none to wreak thy wrath, wrath importent is ill;
Where thou hast power thy will to work, 'tis greater, evil still.
Explanation: Anger is bad, even when it cannot injure; when it can injure; there is no greater evil.

Kural 303:
மறத்தல் வெகுளியை யார்மாட்டும் தீய
பிறத்தல் அதனான் வரும்.
maRaththal vekuLiyai yaarmaattum theeya
piRaththal adhanaan varum
English couplet:
If any rouse thy wrath, the trespass straight forget;
For wrath an endless train of evils will beget.
Explanation: Forget anger towards every one, as fountains of evil spring from it.

Kural 304:
நகையும் உவகையும் கொல்லும் சினத்தின்
பகையும் உளவோ பிற.
nakaiyum uvakaiyum kollum sinaththin
pakaiyum uLavoe piRa
English couplet:
Wrath robs the face of smiles, the heart of joy,
What other foe to man works such annoy?.
Explanation: Is there a greater enemy than anger, which kills both laughter and joy ?.

Kural 305:
தன்னைத்தான் காக்கின் சினங்காக்க காவாக்கால்
தன்னையே கொல்லுஞ் சினம்.
thannaiththaan kaakkin sinangaakka kaavaakkaal
thannaiyae kollunhj sinam
English couplet:
If thou would'st guard thyself, guard against wrath alway;
'Gainst wrath who guards not, him his wrath shall slay.
Explanation: If a man would guard himself, let him guard against anger; if he do not guard it, anger will kill him.

Kural 306:
சினமென்னும் சேர்ந்தாரைக் கொல்லி இனமென்னும்
ஏமப் புணையைச் சுடும்.
sinamennum saerndhaaraik kolli inamennum
Emap punaiyaich sudum
English couplet:
Wrath, the fire that slayeth whose draweth near,
Will burn the helpful 'raft' of kindred dear.
Explanation: The fire of anger will burn up even the pleasant raft of friendship.

Kural 307:
சினத்தைப் பொருளென்று கொண்டவன் கேடு
நிலத்தறைந்தான் கைபிழையா தற்று.
sinaththaip porulendru koNtavan kaedu
nilaththaRaindhaan kaipizhaiyaa thatru
English couplet:
The hand that smites the earth unfailing feels the sting;
So perish they who nurse their wrath as noble thing.
Explanation: Destruction will come upon him who ragards anger as a good thing, as surely as the hand of him who strikes the ground will not fail.

Kural 308:
இணர்எரி தோய்வன்ன இன்னா செயினும்
புணரின் வெகுளாமை நன்று.
iNareri thoaivanna innaa seyinum
puNarin vekuLaamai nandru
English couplet:
Though men should work thee woe, like touch of tongues of fire.
'Tis well if thou canst save thy soul from burning ire.
Explanation: Though one commit things against you as painful (to bear) as if a bundle of fire had been thrust upon you, it will be well, to refrain, if possible, from anger.

Kural 309:
உள்ளிய தெல்லாம் உடனெய்தும் உள்ளத்தால்
உள்ளான் வெகுளி எனின்.
uLLiya thellaam udaneydhum uLLaththaal
uLLaan vekuLi enin
English couplet:
If man his soul preserve from wrathful fires,
He gains with that whate'er his soul desires.
Explanation: If a man never indulges anger in his heart, he will at once obtain whatever he has thought of.

Kural 310:
இறந்தார் இறந்தார் அனையர் சினத்தைத்
துறந்தார் துறந்தார் துணை.
iRandhaar iRandhaar anaiyar sinaththaith
thuRandhaar thuRandhaar thuNai
English couplet:
Men of surpassing wrath are like the men who've passed away;
Who wrath renounce, equals of all-renouncing sages they.
Explanation: Those, who give way to excessive anger, are no better than dead men; but those, who are freed from it, are equal to those who are freed (from death).