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Thirukkural 716

Chapter 72: அவை அறிதல் (The Knowledge of the Council Chamber) · Wealth

Kural 716

ஆற்றின் நிலைதளர்ந் தற்றே வியன்புலம்
ஏற்றுணர்வார் முன்னர் இழுக்கு.

Aatrin Nilaidhalarn Thatre Viyanpulam
Etrunarvaar Munnar Izhukku

As in the way one tottering falls, is slip beforeThe men whose minds are filled with varied lore

Meaning

(For a minister) to blunder in the presence of those who have acquired a vast store of learning and know (the value thereof) is like a good man stumbling (and falling away) from the path (of virtue).

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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