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Thirukkural 391

Kural 391

கற்க கசடறக் கற்பவை கற்றபின்
நிற்க அதற்குத் தக.

Karka Kasatarak Karpavai Katrapin
Nirka Adharkuth Thaka

So learn that you may full and faultless learning gain, Then in obedience meet to lessons learnt remain

Meaning

Let a man learn thoroughly whatever he may learn, and let his conduct be worthy of his learning.

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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