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Thirukkural 730

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

Kural 730

உளரெனினும் இல்லாரொடு ஒப்பர் களன்அஞ்சிக்
கற்ற செலச்சொல்லா தார்.

Ulareninum Illaarotu Oppar Kalananjik
Katra Selachchollaa Thaar

Who what they've learned, in penetrating words know not to say, The council fearing, though they live, as dead are they

Meaning

Those who through fear of the assembly are unable to set forth their learning in an interesting manner, though alive, are yet like the dead.

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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