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Thirukkural 424

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

Kural 424

எண்பொருள வாகச் செலச்சொல்லித் தான்பிறர்வாய்
நுண்பொருள் காண்ப தறிவு.

Enporula Vaakach Chelachchollith Thaanpirarvaai
Nunporul Kaanpa Tharivu

Wisdom hath use of lucid speech, words that acceptance win, And subtle sense of other men's discourse takes in

Meaning

To speak so as that the meaning may easily enter the mind of the hearer, and to discern the subtlest thought which may lie hidden in the words of others, 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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