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Thirukkural 409

Chapter 41: கல்லாமை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 409

மேற்பிறந்தா ராயினும் கல்லாதார் கீழ்ப்பிறந்தும்
கற்றார் அனைத்திலர் பாடு.

Merpirandhaa Raayinum Kallaadhaar Keezhppirandhum
Katraar Anaiththilar Paatu

Lower are men unlearned, though noble be their race, Than low-born men adorned with learning's grace

Meaning

The unlearned, though born in a high caste, are not equal in dignity to the learned; though they may have been born in a low caste.

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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