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Thirukkural 417

Kural 417

பிழைத்துணர்ந்தும் பேதைமை சொல்லா ரிழைத்துணர்ந்
தீண்டிய கேள்வி யவர்.

Pizhaith Thunarndhum Pedhaimai Sollaa
Rizhaiththunarn Theentiya Kelvi Yavar

Not e'en through inadvertence speak they foolish word, With clear discerning mind who've learning's ample lessons heard

Meaning

Not even when they have imperfectly understood (a matter), will those men speak foolishly, who have profoundly studied and diligently listened (to instruction).

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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