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Thirukkural 598

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Kural 598

உள்ளம் இலாதவர் எய்தார் உலகத்து
வள்ளியம் என்னுஞ் செருக்கு.

Ullam Ilaadhavar Eydhaar Ulakaththu
Valliyam Ennunj Cherukku

The soulless man can never gainTh' ennobling sense of power with men

Meaning

Those who have no (greatness of) mind, will not acquire the joy of saying in the world, "we have excercised liaberality".

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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