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Chapter 73: அவையஞ்சாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 73

Kural 729

அவையஞ்சாமை

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திருக்குறள்

கல்லா தவரின் கடையென்ப கற்றறிந்தும் நல்லா ரவையஞ்சு வார்.

Kallaa Thavarin Kataiyenpa Katrarindhum Nallaa Ravaiyanju Vaar

“Who fear to face good assembly Are learned idiots, certainly”

Who, though they've learned, before the council of the good men quake,Than men unlearn'd a lower place must take

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Kural #729

The Light of Knowledge

The story illustrates that even a learned person is incomplete if they lack the courage to stand before the assembly of the good. They who, though they have learned and understood, are yet afraid of the assembly of the good, are said to be inferior (even) to the illiterate

8–14 yr 2 min