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Thirukkural 847

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 847

அருமறை சோரும் அறிவிலான் செய்யும்
பெருமிறை தானே தனக்கு.

Arumarai Sorum Arivilaan Seyyum
Perumirai Thaane Thanakku

From out his soul who lets the mystic teachings die, Entails upon himself abiding misery

Meaning

The fool who neglects precious counsel does, of his own accord, a great injury to himself.

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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