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Thirukkural 636

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Kural 636

மதிநுட்பம் நூலோடு உடையார்க்கு அதிநுட்பம்
யாவுள முன்நிற் பவை.

Madhinutpam Noolotu Utaiyaarkku Adhinutpam
Yaavula Munnir Pavai

When native subtilty combines with sound scholastic lore,'Tis subtilty surpassing all, which nothing stands before

Meaning

What (contrivances) are there so acute as to resist those who possess natural acuteness in addition to learning ?

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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