Thirukkural 444 in English
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Tamil original
தம்மிற் பெரியார் தமரா ஒழுகுதல்
வன்மையு ளெல்லாந் தலை.
Transliteration
Thammir Periyaar Thamaraa Ozhukudhal
Vanmaiyu Lellaan Thalai
Modern English
“One of the greatest strengths is to work with people who know more than you and follow sound guidance.”
Modern Interpretation
One of the greatest strengths is to work with people who know more than you and follow sound guidance. For example, a junior developer who welcomes a senior colleague's review grows faster and avoids costly errors.
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Modern Plain English
One of the greatest strengths is to work with people who know more than you and follow sound guidance.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
To have betters as intimates Power of all powers promotes
G.U. Pope Translation
To live with men of greatness that their own excels,As cherished friends, is greatest power that with a monarch dwells
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
So to act as to make those men, his own, who are greater than himself is of all powers the highest
Tamil commentary
அறிவு முதலியவற்றால் தம்மைக் காட்டிலும் சிறந்த துறை அறிவுடையவரைத் தமக்கு உரியவராகக் கொண்டு, அவர் காட்டும் வழியில் நடப்பது, வலிமையுள் எல்லாம் முதன்மை ஆனதாகும்.
Chapter 45
More from Seeking the Aid of Great Men
பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல்
Weigh their worth and friendship gain Of men of virtue and mature brain
Kural 442Cherish the help of men of skill Who ward and safe-guard you from ill
Kural 443Honour and have the great your own Is rarest of the rare things known
Kural 444To have betters as intimates Power of all powers promotes
Kural 445Ministers are the monarch's eyes Round him should be the right and wise
Kural 446To move with worthy friends who knows Has none to fear from frightful foes
Kural 447No foe can foil his powers whose friends reprove him when he errs
Kural 448The careless king whom none reproves Ruins himself sans harmful foes
Kural 449No capital, no gain in trade No prop secure sans good comrade
Kural 450To give up good friends is ten times worse Than being hated by countless foes