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Thirukkural 410

Chapter 41: கல்லாமை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 410

விலங்கொடு மக்கள் அனையர் இலங்குநூல்
கற்றாரோடு ஏனை யவர்.

Vilangotu Makkal Anaiyar Ilangunool
Katraarotu Enai Yavar

Learning's irradiating grace who gain, Others excel, as men the bestial train

Meaning

As beasts by the side of men, so are other men by the side of those who are learned in celebrated works.

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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