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Thirukkural 979

Kural 979

பெருமை பெருமிதம் இன்மை சிறுமை
பெருமிதம் ஊர்ந்து விடல்.

Perumai Perumidham Inmai Sirumai
Perumidham Oorndhu Vital

Greatness is absence of conceit; meanness, we deem, Riding on car of vanity supreme

Meaning

Freedom from conceit is (the nature of true) greatness; (while) obstinacy therein is (that of) meanness.

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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