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Chapter 40: கல்வி

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 40

Kural 393

கல்வி

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திருக்குறள்

கண்ணுடையர் என்பவர் கற்றோர் முகத்திரண்டு புண்ணுடையர் கல்லா தவர்.

Kannutaiyar Enpavar Katror Mukaththirantu Punnutaiyar Kallaa Thavar

“The learned alone have eyes on face The ignorant two sores of disgrace”

Men who learning gain have eyes, men say;Blockheads' faces pairs of sores display

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Kural #393

The True Vision

The story illustrates that without learning, one is blind to the truth, just as the Kural suggests. The learned are said to have eyes, but the unlearned have (merely) two sores in their face

6–10 yr 1 min