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Thirukkural 2

Chapter 1: கடவுள் வாழ்த்து (The Praise of God) · Virtue

Kural 2

கற்றதனால் ஆய பயனென்கொல் வாலறிவன்
நற்றாள் தொழாஅர் எனின்.

Katradhanaal Aaya Payanenkol Vaalarivan
Natraal Thozhaaar Enin

No fruit have men of all their studied lore, Save they the 'Purely Wise One's' feet adore

Meaning

What Profit have those derived from learning, who worship not the good feet of Him who is possessed of pure knowledge ?

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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