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Thirukkural 840

Kural 840

கழாஅக்கால் பள்ளியுள் வைத்தற்றால் சான்றோர்
குழாஅத்துப் பேதை புகல்.

Kazhaaakkaal Palliyul Vaiththatraal Saandror
Kuzhaaaththup Pedhai Pukal

Like him who seeks his couch with unwashed feet, Is fool whose foot intrudes where wise men meet

Meaning

The appearance of a fool in an assembly of the learned is like placing (one's) unwashed feet on a bed.

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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