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Thirukkural 729

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

Kural 729

கல்லா தவரின் கடையென்ப கற்றறிந்தும்
நல்லா ரவையஞ்சு வார்.

Kallaa Thavarin Kataiyenpa Katrarindhum
Nallaa Ravaiyanju Vaar

Who, though they've learned, before the council of the good men quake, Than men unlearn'd a lower place must take

Meaning

They who, though they have learned and understood, are yet afraid of the assembly of the good, are said to be inferior (even) to the illiterate.

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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