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Thirukkural 235

Kural 235

நத்தம்போல் கேடும் உளதாகும் சாக்காடும்
வித்தகர்க் கல்லால் அரிது.

Naththampol Ketum Uladhaakum Saakkaatum
Viththakark Kallaal Aridhu

Loss that is gain, and death of life's true bliss fulfilled, Are fruits which only wisdom rare can yield

Meaning

Prosperity to the body of fame, resulting in poverty to the body of flesh and the stability to the former arising from the death of the latter, are achievable only by the wise.

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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