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Thirukkural 238

Kural 238

வசையென்ப வையத்தார்க் கெல்லாம் இசையென்னும்
எச்சம் பெறாஅ விடின்.

Vasaiyenpa Vaiyaththaark Kellaam Isaiyennum
Echcham Peraaa Vitin

Fame is virtue's child, they say; if, then, You childless live, you live the scorn of men

Meaning

Not to beget fame will be esteemed a disgrace by the wise in this 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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