Thirukkural 847 in English

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Tamil original

அருமறை சோரும் அறிவிலான் செய்யும்
பெருமிறை தானே தனக்கு.

Transliteration

Arumarai Sorum Arivilaan Seyyum
Perumirai Thaane Thanakku

English Translation

“The fool that slights sacred counsels Upon himself great harm entails”

Plain-English meaning

The fool who neglects precious counsel does, of his own accord, a great injury to himself

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

The fool that slights sacred counsels Upon himself great harm entails

G.U. Pope Translation

From out his soul who lets the mystic teachings die,Entails upon himself abiding misery

Plain-English Meaning

The fool who neglects precious counsel does, of his own accord, a great injury to himself

அறிவற்றவன் அரிய புத்திமதியையும் ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளான்; அதனால் அவன் தனக்குத் தானே பெரும் துன்பத்தைச் செய்து கொள்வான்.

Chapter 85

புல்லறிவாண்மை

Want of wisdom is want of wants Want of aught else the world nev'r counts

When fool bestows with glee a gift It comes but by getter's merit

The self-torments of fools exceed Ev'n tortures of their foes indeed

Stupidity is vanity That cries \"We have sagacity\"

Feigning knowledge that one has not Leads to doubt ev'n that he has got

Fools their nakedness conceal And yet their glaring faults reveal

The fool that slights sacred counsels Upon himself great harm entails

He listens not nor himself knows Plague is his life until it goes

Sans Self-sight in vain one opens Sight To the blind who bet their sight as right

To people's \"Yes\" who proffer \"No\" Deemed as ghouls on earth they go