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Chapter 41: கல்லாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 41

Kural 401

கல்லாமை

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திருக்குறள்

அரங்கின்றி வட்டாடி யற்றே நிரம்பிய நூலின்றிக் கோட்டி கொளல்.

Arangindri Vattaati Yatre Nirampiya Noolindrik Kotti Kolal

“Like play of chess on squareless board Vain is imperfect loreless word”

Like those at draughts would play without the chequered square,Men void of ample lore would counsels of the learned share

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Kural #401

The Boy Who Knew Too Little

The story illustrates the Kural's warning that speaking in an assembly without depth of knowledge is futile and meaningless. To speak in an assembly (of the learned) without fullness of knowledge, is like playing at chess (on a board) without squares

8–14 yr 2 min