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Chapter 40: கல்வி

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 40

Kural 397

கல்வி

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திருக்குறள்

யாதானும் நாடாமால் ஊராமால் என்னொருவன் சாந்துணையுங் கல்லாத வாறு.

Yaadhaanum Naataamaal Ooraamaal Ennoruvan Saandhunaiyung Kallaadha Vaaru

“All lands and towns are learner's own Why not till death learning go on!”

The learned make each land their own, in every city find a home;Who, till they die; learn nought, along what weary ways they roam

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Kural #397

The Key to the World

The story illustrates that a learned person finds belonging anywhere, reflecting the Kural's message that knowledge removes the feeling of being an outsider. How is it that any one can remain without learning, even to his death, when (to the learned man) every country is his own (country), and every town his own (town) ?

8–14 yr 1 min