Thirukkural 850 in English
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Tamil original
உலகத்தார் உண்டென்பது இல்லென்பான் வையத்து
அலகையா வைக்கப் படும்.
Transliteration
Ulakaththaar Untenpadhu Illenpaan Vaiyaththu
Alakaiyaa Vaikkap Patum
Modern English
“A person who deliberately denies a truth supported by clear evidence may be treated as an outcast for rejecting what wiser people can see.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who deliberately denies a truth supported by clear evidence may be treated as an outcast for rejecting what wiser people can see. Someone who dismisses a verified safety rule just to appear clever puts everyone at risk.
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Modern Plain English
A person who deliberately denies a truth supported by clear evidence may be treated as an outcast for rejecting what wiser people can see.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
To people's \"Yes\" who proffer \"No\" Deemed as ghouls on earth they go
G.U. Pope Translation
Who what the world affirms as false proclaim,O'er all the earth receive a demon's name
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
He who denies the existence of what the world believes in will be regarded as a demon on earth
Tamil commentary
இருக்கிறது என்று உயர்ந்தோர் சொல்லும் ஒரு பொருளை இல்லை என்று மறுக்கும் அறிவற்றவன், இப்பூமியில் காணப்படும் பேயாகக் கருதப்படுவான்.
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