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Thirukkural 986

Chapter 99: சான்றாண்மை (Perfectness) · Wealth

Kural 986

சால்பிற்குக் கட்டளை யாதெனின் தோல்வி
துலையல்லார் கண்ணும் கொளல்.

Saalpirkuk Kattalai Yaadhenin Tholvi
Thulaiyallaar Kannum Kolal

What is perfection's test? The equal mindTo bear repulse from even meaner men resigned

Meaning

The touch-stone of perfection is to receive a defeat even at the hands of one's inferiors.

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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