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Thirukkural 299

Kural 299

எல்லா விளக்கும் விளக்கல்ல சான்றோர்க்குப்
பொய்யா விளக்கே விளக்கு.

Ellaa Vilakkum Vilakkalla Saandrorkkup
Poiyaa Vilakke Vilakku

Every lamp is not a lamp in wise men's sight; That's the lamp with truth's pure radiance bright

Meaning

All lamps of nature are not lamps; the lamp of truth is the lamp of 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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