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Thirukkural 354

Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல் (Truth-Consciousness) · Virtue

Kural 354

ஐயுணர்வு எய்தியக் கண்ணும் பயமின்றே
மெய்யுணர்வு இல்லா தவர்க்கு.

Aiyunarvu Eydhiyak Kannum Payamindre
Meyyunarvu Illaa Thavarkku

Five-fold perception gained, what benefits accrueTo them whose spirits lack perception of the true

Meaning

Even those who have all the knowledge which can be attained by the five senses, will derive no benefit from it, if they are without a knowledge of the true nature of things.

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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