Thirukkural 831 in English

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Tamil original

பேதைமை என்பதொன்று யாதெனின் ஏதங்கொண்டு
ஊதியம் போக விடல்.

Transliteration

Pedhaimai Enpadhondru Yaadhenin Edhangontu
Oodhiyam Poka Vital

English Translation

“This is folly's prominent vein To favour loss and forego gain”

Plain-English meaning

Folly is one (of the chief defects); it is that which (makes one) incur loss and forego gain

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English Translation

This is folly's prominent vein To favour loss and forego gain

G.U. Pope Translation

What one thing merits folly's special name.Letting gain go, loss for one's own to claim

Plain-English Meaning

Folly is one (of the chief defects); it is that which (makes one) incur loss and forego gain

அறியாமை என்பது என்ன என்றால், அது ஒருவன் தனக்குத் தீமை தருவதை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டு, இலாபத்தை விட்டு விடுவதே ஆம்.

Chapter 84

பேதைமை

This is folly's prominent vein To favour loss and forego gain

Folly of follies is to lead A lewd and lawless life so bad

Shameless, aimless, callous, listless Such are the marks of foolishness

No fool equals the fool who learns Knows, teaches, but self-control spurns

The fool suffers seven fold hells In single birth of hellish ills

A know-nothing fool daring a deed Not only fails but feels fettered

Strangers feast and kinsmen fast When fools mishandle fortunes vast

Fools possessing something on hand Like dazed and drunken stupids stand

Friendship with fools is highly sweet For without a groan we part

Entrance of fools where Savants meet Looks like couch trod by unclean feet