Thirukkural 532 in English

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Tamil original

பொச்சாப்புக் கொல்லும் புகழை அறிவினை
நிச்ச நிரப்புக் கொன் றாங்கு.

Transliteration

Pochchaappuk Kollum Pukazhai Arivinai
Nichcha Nirappuk Kon Raangu

English Translation

“Negligence kills renown just as Ceaseless want wisdom destroys”

Plain-English meaning

Forgetfulness will destroy fame, even as constant poverty destroys knowledge

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English Translation

Negligence kills renown just as Ceaseless want wisdom destroys

G.U. Pope Translation

Perpetual, poverty is death to wisdom of the wise;When man forgets himself his glory dies

Plain-English Meaning

Forgetfulness will destroy fame, even as constant poverty destroys knowledge

நித்த வறுமை அறிவைக் கொன்றுவிடுவது போல, மறதி புகழைக் கெடுத்துவிடும்.

Chapter 54

பொச்சாவாமை

Worse than wrath in excess is Forgetfulness in joy-excess

Negligence kills renown just as Ceaseless want wisdom destroys

Forgetful nature fails of fame All schools of thinkers say the same

The fearful find no fortress here The forgetful find good never

Failing foresight the guardless man Shall rue his folly later on

Forget none; watch with wakeful care Miss none; the gain is sans compare

With cautious care pursue a thing Impossible there is nothing

Do what the wise commend as worth If not, for seven births no mirth

When joy deludes, their fate recall Whom negligence has made to fall

Easy it is a thing to get When the mind on it is set