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Thirukkural 532

Chapter 54: பொச்சாவாமை (Unforgetfulness) · Wealth

Kural 532

பொச்சாப்புக் கொல்லும் புகழை அறிவினை
நிச்ச நிரப்புக் கொன் றாங்கு.

Pochchaappuk Kollum Pukazhai Arivinai
Nichcha Nirappuk Kon Raangu

Perpetual, poverty is death to wisdom of the wise; When man forgets himself his glory dies

Meaning

Forgetfulness will destroy fame, even as constant poverty destroys knowledge.

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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