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Thirukkural 718

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

Kural 718

உணர்வ துடையார்முன் சொல்லல் வளர்வதன்
பாத்தியுள் நீர்சொரிந் தற்று.

Unarva Thutaiyaarmun Sollal Valarvadhan
Paaththiyul Neersorin Thatru

To speak where understanding hearers you obtain, Is sprinkling water on the fields of growing grain

Meaning

Lecturing to those who have the ability to understand (for themselves) is like watering a bed of plants that are growing (of themselves).

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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