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Thirukkural 373

Kural 373

நுண்ணிய நூல்பல கற்பினும் மற்றுந்தன்
உண்மை யறிவே மிகும்.

Nunniya Noolpala Karpinum Matrundhan
Unmai Yarive Mikum

In subtle learning manifold though versed man be,'The wisdom, truly his, will gain supremacy

Meaning

Although (a man) may study the most polished treatises, the knowledge which fate has decreed to him will still prevail.

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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