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Thirukkural 418

Kural 418

கேட்பினுங் கேளாத் தகையவே கேள்வியால்
தோட்கப் படாத செவி.

Ketpinung Kelaath Thakaiyave Kelviyaal
Thotkap Pataadha Sevi

Where teaching hath not oped the learner's ear, The man may listen, but he scarce can hear

Meaning

The ear which has not been bored by instruction, although it hears, is deaf.

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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