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Thirukkural 402

Chapter 41: கல்லாமை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 402

கல்லாதான் சொற்கா முறுதல் முலையிரண்டும்
இல்லாதாள் பெண்காமுற் றற்று.

Kallaadhaan Sorkaa Murudhal Mulaiyirantum
Illaadhaal Penkaamur Ratru

Like those who doat on hoyden's undeveloped charms are they, Of learning void, who eagerly their power of words display

Meaning

The desire of the unlearned to speak (in an assembly), is like a woman without breasts desiring (the enjoyment of ) woman-hood.

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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