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Thirukkural 406

Chapter 41: கல்லாமை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 406

உளரென்னும் மாத்திரையர் அல்லால் பயவாக்
களரனையர் கல்லா தவர்.

Ularennum Maaththiraiyar Allaal Payavaak
Kalaranaiyar Kallaa Thavar

'They are': so much is true of men untaught; But, like a barren field, they yield us nought

Meaning

The unlearned are like worthless barren land: all that can be said of them is, that they exist.

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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