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Thirukkural 710

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

Kural 710

நுண்ணியம் என்பார் அளக்குங்கோல் காணுங்கால்
கண்ணல்லது இல்லை பிற.

Nunniyam Enpaar Alakkungol Kaanungaal
Kannalladhu Illai Pira

The men of keen discerning soul no other test apply(When you their secret ask) than man's revealing eye

Meaning

The measuring-rod of those (ministers) who say "we are acute" will on inquiry be found to be their (own) eyes and nothing else.

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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