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Thirukkural 453

Chapter 46: சிற்றினம் சேராமை (Avoiding mean Associations) · Wealth

Kural 453

மனத்தானாம் மாந்தர்க் குணர்ச்சி இனத்தானாம்
இன்னான் எனப்படுஞ் சொல்.

Manaththaanaam Maandhark Kunarchchi Inaththaanaam
Innaan Enappatunj Chol

Perceptions manifold in men are of the mind alone; The value of the man by his companionship is known

Meaning

The power of knowing is from the mind; (but) his character is from that of his associates.

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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