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Chapter 41: கல்லாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 41

Kural 406

கல்லாமை

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திருக்குறள்

உளரென்னும் மாத்திரையர் அல்லால் பயவாக் களரனையர் கல்லா தவர்.

Ularennum Maaththiraiyar Allaal Payavaak Kalaranaiyar Kallaa Thavar

“People speak of untaught minds \"They just exist like barren lands\"”

'They are': so much is true of men untaught;But, like a barren field, they yield us nought

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Kural #406

The Garden of Wisdom

The story illustrates that just as barren land is useless without the right care and knowledge, a person without learning lacks purpose and value. The unlearned are like worthless barren land: all that can be said of them is, that they exist

8–14 yr 1 min