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Thirukkural 727

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

Kural 727

பகையகத்துப் பேடிகை ஒள்வாள் அவையகத்து
அஞ்சு மவன்கற்ற நூல்.

Pakaiyakaththup Petikai Olvaal Avaiyakaththu
Anju Mavankatra Nool

As shining sword before the foe which 'sexless being' bears, Is science learned by him the council's face who fears

Meaning

The learning of him who is diffident before an assembly is like the shining sword of an hermaphrodite in the presence of his foes.

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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