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Thirukkural 407

Chapter 41: கல்லாமை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 407

நுண்மாண் நுழைபுலம் இல்லான் எழில்நலம்
மண்மாண் புனைபாவை யற்று.

Nunmaan Nuzhaipulam Illaan Ezhilnalam
Manmaan Punaipaavai Yatru

Who lack the power of subtle, large, and penetrating sense, Like puppet, decked with ornaments of clay, their beauty's vain pretence

Meaning

The beauty and goodness of one who is destitute of knowledge by the study of great and exquisite works, is like (the beauty and goodness) of a painted earthen doll.

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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