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Thirukkural 841

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 841

அறிவின்மை இன்மையுள் இன்மை பிறிதின்மை
இன்மையா வையா துலகு.

Arivinmai Inmaiyul Inmai Piridhinmai
Inmaiyaa Vaiyaa Thulaku

Want of knowledge, 'mid all wants the sorest want we deem; Want of other things the world will not as want esteem

Meaning

The want of wisdom is the greatest of all wants; but that of wealth the world will not regard as such.

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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