Thirukkural 848 in English
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Tamil original
ஏவவும் செய்கலான் தான்தேறான் அவ்வுயிர்
போஒம் அளவுமோர் நோய்.
Transliteration
Evavum Seykalaan Thaandheraan Avvuyir
Poom Alavumor Noi
Modern English
“A person who follows neither good advice nor their own careful thinking remains a burden to everyone around them.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who follows neither good advice nor their own careful thinking remains a burden to everyone around them. If a team member ignores instructions and never learns, others must keep redoing their work.
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Modern Plain English
A person who follows neither good advice nor their own careful thinking remains a burden to everyone around them.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
He listens not nor himself knows Plague is his life until it goes
G.U. Pope Translation
Advised, he heeds not; of himself knows nothing wise;This man's whole life is all one plague until he dies
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The fool will not perform (his duties) even when advised nor ascertain them himself; such a soul is a
Tamil commentary
அறிவற்றவன் பிறர் சொன்னாலும் செய்யமாட்டான்; தானாகவும் அறியமாட்டான்; அவனது உயிர் போகும் வரைக்கும் இப்பூமிக்கு அவன் ஒரு நோயே.
Chapter 85
More from Ignorance
புல்லறிவாண்மை
Want of wisdom is want of wants Want of aught else the world nev'r counts
Kural 842When fool bestows with glee a gift It comes but by getter's merit
Kural 843The self-torments of fools exceed Ev'n tortures of their foes indeed
Kural 844Stupidity is vanity That cries \"We have sagacity\"
Kural 845Feigning knowledge that one has not Leads to doubt ev'n that he has got
Kural 846Fools their nakedness conceal And yet their glaring faults reveal
Kural 847The fool that slights sacred counsels Upon himself great harm entails
Kural 848He listens not nor himself knows Plague is his life until it goes
Kural 849Sans Self-sight in vain one opens Sight To the blind who bet their sight as right
Kural 850To people's \"Yes\" who proffer \"No\" Deemed as ghouls on earth they go