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Thirukkural 533

Chapter 54: பொச்சாவாமை (Unforgetfulness) · Wealth

Kural 533

பொச்சாப்பார்க் கில்லை புகழ்மை அதுஉலகத்து
எப்பால்நூ லோர்க்கும் துணிவு.

Pochchaappaark Killai Pukazhmai Adhuulakaththu
Eppaalnoo Lorkkum Thunivu

'To self-oblivious men no praise'; this ruleDecisive wisdom sums of every school

Meaning

Thoughtlessness will never acquire fame; and this tenet is upheld by all treatises in the world.

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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