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Chapter 98: பெருமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 98

Kural 979

பெருமை

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திருக்குறள்

பெருமை பெருமிதம் இன்மை சிறுமை பெருமிதம் ஊர்ந்து விடல்.

Perumai Perumidham Inmai Sirumai Perumidham Oorndhu Vital

“Greatness is free from insolence Littleness swells with that offence”

Greatness is absence of conceit; meanness, we deem,Riding on car of vanity supreme

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Kural #979

Arjun's Pride and True Greatness

The story illustrates how Arjun's shift from healthy confidence to arrogant stubbornness mirrors the Kural's teaching on greatness and meanness. Freedom from conceit is (the nature of true) greatness; (while) obstinacy therein is (that of) meanness

8–14 yr 2 min