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Thirukkural 831

Kural 831

பேதைமை என்பதொன்று யாதெனின் ஏதங்கொண்டு
ஊதியம் போக விடல்.

Pedhaimai Enpadhondru Yaadhenin Edhangontu
Oodhiyam Poka Vital

What one thing merits folly's special name.Letting gain go, loss for one's own to claim

Meaning

Folly is one (of the chief defects); it is that which (makes one) incur loss and forego gain.

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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