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Thirukkural 444

Chapter 45: பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல் (Seeking the Aid of Great Men) · Wealth

Kural 444

தம்மிற் பெரியார் தமரா ஒழுகுதல்
வன்மையு ளெல்லாந் தலை.

Thammir Periyaar Thamaraa Ozhukudhal
Vanmaiyu Lellaan Thalai

To live with men of greatness that their own excels, As cherished friends, is greatest power that with a monarch dwells

Meaning

So to act as to make those men, his own, who are greater than himself is of all powers the highest.

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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