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Thirukkural 725

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

Kural 725

ஆற்றின் அளவறிந்து கற்க அவையஞ்சா
மாற்றங் கொடுத்தற் பொருட்டு.

Aatrin Alavarindhu Karka Avaiyanjaa
Maatrang Kotuththar Poruttu

By rule, to dialectic art your mind apply, That in the council fearless you may make an apt reply

Meaning

In order to reply fearlessly before a foreign court, (ministers) should learn logic according to the rules (of grammar).

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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