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Chapter 40: கல்வி

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 40

Kural 395

கல்வி

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திருக்குறள்

உடையார்முன் இல்லார்போல் ஏக்கற்றுங் கற்றார் கடையரே கல்லா தவர்.

Utaiyaarmun Illaarpol Ekkatrung Katraar Kataiyare Kallaa Thavar

“Like poor before rich they yearn: For knowledge: the low never learn”

With soul submiss they stand, as paupers front a rich man's face;Yet learned men are first; th'unlearned stand in lowest place

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Kural #395

The Treasure of Wisdom

The story illustrates that those without learning are like the destitute standing before the wealthy, depending on others for guidance. The unlearned are inferior to the learned, before whom they stand begging, as the destitute before the wealthy

6–10 yr 1 min