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Thirukkural 915

Chapter 92: வரைவின் மகளிர் (Wanton Women) · Wealth

Kural 915

பொதுநலத்தார் புன்னலம் தோயார் மதிநலத்தின்
மாண்ட அறிவி னவர்.

Podhunalaththaar Punnalam Thoyaar Madhinalaththin
Maanta Arivi Navar

From contact with their worthless charms, whose charms to all are free, The men with sense of good and lofty wisdom blest will flee;

Meaning

Those whose knowledge is made excellent by their (natural) sense will not covet the trffling delights.

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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