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Thirukkural 723

Chapter 73: அவை அஞ்சாமை (Not to dread the Council) · Wealth

Kural 723

பகையகத்துச் சாவார் எளியர் அரியர்
அவையகத்து அஞ்சா தவர்.

Pakaiyakaththuch Chaavaar Eliyar Ariyar
Avaiyakaththu Anjaa Thavar

Many encountering death in face of foe will hold their ground; Who speak undaunted in the council hall are rarely found

Meaning

Many indeed may (fearlessly) die in the presence of (their) foes; (but) few are those who are fearless in the assembly (of the learned).

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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