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Thirukkural 850

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 850

உலகத்தார் உண்டென்பது இல்லென்பான் வையத்து
அலகையா வைக்கப் படும்.

Ulakaththaar Untenpadhu Illenpaan Vaiyaththu
Alakaiyaa Vaikkap Patum

Who what the world affirms as false proclaim, O'er all the earth receive a demon's name

Meaning

He who denies the existence of what the world believes in will be regarded as a demon on earth.

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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