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Thirukkural 23

Chapter 3: நீத்தார் பெருமை (The Greatness of Ascetics) · Virtue

Kural 23

இருமை வகைதெரிந்து ஈண்டுஅறம் பூண்டார்
பெருமை பிறங்கிற்று உலகு.

Irumai Vakaidherindhu Eentuaram Poontaar
Perumai Pirangitru Ulaku

Their greatness earth transcends, who, way of both worlds weighed, In this world take their stand, in virtue's robe arrayed

Meaning

The greatness of those who have discovered the properties of both states of being, and renounced the world, shines forth on earth (beyond all others).

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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