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Thirukkural 430

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

Kural 430

அறிவுடையார் எல்லா முடையார் அறிவிலார்
என்னுடைய ரேனும் இலர்.

Arivutaiyaar Ellaa Mutaiyaar Arivilaar
Ennutaiya Renum Ilar

The wise is rich, with ev'ry blessing blest; The fool is poor, of everything possessed

Meaning

Those who possess wisdom, possess every thing; those who have not wisdom, whatever they may possess, have nothing.

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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