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Thirukkural 724

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

Kural 724

கற்றார்முன் கற்ற செலச்சொல்லித் தாம்கற்ற
மிக்காருள் மிக்க கொளல்.

Katraarmun Katra Selachchollith Thaamkatra
Mikkaarul Mikka Kolal

What you have learned, in penetrating words speak out beforeThe learn'd; but learn what men more learn'd can teach you more

Meaning

(Ministers) should agreeably set forth their acquirements before the learned and acquire more (knowledge) from their superiors (in learning).

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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