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Thirukkural 728

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

Kural 728

பல்லவை கற்றும் பயமிலரே நல்லவையுள்
நன்கு செலச்சொல்லா தார்.

Pallavai Katrum Payamilare Nallavaiyul
Nanku Selachchollaa Thaar

Though many things they've learned, yet useless are they all, To man who cannot well and strongly speak in council hall

Meaning

Those who cannot agreeably speak good things before a good assembly are indeed unprofitable persons inspite of all their various acquirements.

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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