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Thirukkural 422

Chapter 43: அறிவுடைமை (The Possession of Knowledge) · Wealth

Kural 422

சென்ற இடத்தால் செலவிடா தீதொரீஇ
நன்றின்பால் உய்ப்ப தறிவு.

Sendra Itaththaal Selavitaa Theedhoreei
Nandrinpaal Uyppa Tharivu

Wisdom restrains, nor suffers mind to wander where it would; From every evil calls it back, and guides in way of good

Meaning

Not to permit the mind to go where it lists, to keep it from evil, and to employ it in good, this is wisdom.

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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