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செல்வத்துட் செல்வஞ் செவிச்செல்வம் அச்செல்வம்
செல்வத்து ளெல்லாந் தலை.

Selvaththut Selvanj Chevichchelvam Achchelvam
Selvaththu Lellaan Thalai

Wealth of wealth is wealth acquired be ear attent; Wealth mid all wealth supremely excellent

Meaning

Wealth (gained) by the ear is wealth of wealth; that wealth is the chief of all wealth.

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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