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Thirukkural 392

Kural 392

எண்ணென்ப ஏனை எழுத்தென்ப இவ்விரண்டும்
கண்ணென்ப வாழும் உயிர்க்கு.

Ennenpa Enai Ezhuththenpa Ivvirantum
Kannenpa Vaazhum Uyirkku

The twain that lore of numbers and of letters giveAre eyes, the wise declare, to all on earth that live

Meaning

Letters and numbers are the two eyes of man.

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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