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Thirukkural 398

Kural 398

ஒருமைக்கண் தான்கற்ற கல்வி ஒருவற்கு
எழுமையும் ஏமாப் புடைத்து.

Orumaikkan Thaan Katra Kalvi
Oruvarku Ezhumaiyum Emaap Putaiththu

The man who store of learning gains, In one, through seven worlds, bliss attains

Meaning

The learning, which a man has acquired in one birth, will yield him pleasure during seven births.

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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