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Chapter 72: அவையறிதல்

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 72

Kural 716

அவையறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

ஆற்றின் நிலைதளர்ந் தற்றே வியன்புலம் ஏற்றுணர்வார் முன்னர் இழுக்கு.

Aatrin Nilaidhalarn Thatre Viyanpulam Etrunarvaar Munnar Izhukku

“Tongue-slip before the talented wise is like slipping from righteous ways”

As in the way one tottering falls, is slip beforeThe men whose minds are filled with varied lore

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Kural #716

The Lesson of the Wise

The story illustrates that making a blunder before learned people is as damaging to one's reputation as a virtuous person stumbling from their path, as per the Kural. (For a minister) to blunder in the presence of those who have acquired a vast store of learning and know (the value thereof) is like a good man stumbling (and falling away) from the path (of virtue)

8–14 yr 1 min