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Thirukkural 705

Chapter 71: குறிப்பறிதல் (The Knowledge of Indications) · Wealth

Kural 705

குறிப்பிற் குறிப்புணரா வாயின் உறுப்பினுள்
என்ன பயத்தவோ கண்?

Kurippir Kurippunaraa Vaayin Uruppinul
Enna Payaththavo Kan?

By sign who knows not sings to comprehend, what gain,'Mid all his members, from his eyes does he obtain

Meaning

Of what use are the eyes amongst one's members, if they cannot by their own indications dive those of another ?

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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