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Thirukkural 720

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

Kural 720

அங்கணத்துள் உக்க அமிழ்தற்றால் தங்கணத்தார்
அல்லார்முன் கோட்டி கொளல்.

Anganaththul Ukka Amizhdhatraal Thanganaththaar
Allaarmun Kotti Kolal

Ambrosia in the sewer spilt, is wordSpoken in presence of the alien herd

Meaning

To utter (a good word) in the assembly of those who are of inferior rank is like dropping nectar on the ground.

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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