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Thirukkural 683

Kural 683

நூலாருள் நூல்வல்லன் ஆகுதல் வேலாருள்
வென்றி வினையுரைப்பான் பண்பு.

Noolaarul Noolvallan Aakudhal Velaarul
Vendri Vinaiyuraippaan Panpu

Mighty in lore amongst the learned must he be, Midst jav'lin-bearing kings who speaks the words of victory

Meaning

To be powerful in politics among those who are learned (in ethics) is the character of him who speaks.

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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