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Thirukkural 234

Kural 234

நிலவரை நீள்புகழ் ஆற்றின் புலவரைப்
போற்றாது புத்தேள் உலகு.

Nilavarai Neelpukazh Aatrin Pulavaraip
Potraadhu Puththel Ulaku

If men do virtuous deeds by world-wide ample glory crowned, The heavens will cease to laud the sage for other gifts renowned

Meaning

If one has acquired extensive fame within the limits of this earth, the world of the Gods will no longer praise those sages who have attained that world.

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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