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Chapter 40: கல்வி

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 40

Kural 391

கல்வி

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கற்க கசடறக் கற்பவை கற்றபின் நிற்க அதற்குத் தக.

Karka Kasatarak Karpavai Katrapin Nirka Adharkuth Thaka

“Lore worth learning, learn flawlessly Live by that learning thoroughly”

So learn that you may full and faultless learning gain,Then in obedience meet to lessons learnt remain

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Kural #391

Kari's True Wisdom

The story illustrates that learning is incomplete unless one understands the subject deeply and lives according to the principles learned. Let a man learn thoroughly whatever he may learn, and let his conduct be worthy of his learning

8–14 yr 1 min