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Thirukkural 726

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

Kural 726

வாளொடென் வன்கண்ணர் அல்லார்க்கு நூலொடென்
நுண்ணவை அஞ்சு பவர்க்கு.

Vaaloten Vankannar Allaarkku Nooloten
Nunnavai Anju Pavarkku

To those who lack the hero's eye what can the sword availOr science what, to those before the council keen who quail

Meaning

What have they to do with a sword who are not valiant, or they with learning who are afraid of an intelligent assembly ?

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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