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Thirukkural 454

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

Kural 454

மனத்து ளதுபோலக் காட்டி ஒருவற்கு
இனத்துள தாகும் அறிவு.

Manaththu Ladhupolak Kaatti Oruvarku
Inaththula Thaakum Arivu

Man's wisdom seems the offspring of his mind;'Tis outcome of companionship we find

Meaning

Wisdom appears to rest in the mind, but it really exists to a man in his companions.

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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