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Thirukkural 989

Chapter 99: சான்றாண்மை (Perfectness) · Wealth

Kural 989

ஊழி பெயரினும் தாம்பெயரார் சான்றாண்மைக்கு
ஆழி எனப்படு வார்.

Oozhi Peyarinum Thaampeyaraar Saandraanmaikku
Aazhi Enappatu Vaar

Call them of perfect virtue's sea the shore, Who, though the fates should fail, fail not for evermore

Meaning

Those who are said to be the shore of the sea of perfection will never change, though ages may change.

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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