Kural Number: 0408 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0408}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0408}

நல்லார்கண் பட்ட வறுமையின் இன்னாதே
கல்லார்கண் பட்ட திரு

Poverty with literates is distressful than
the wealth with illiterates

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: The poverty with the educated people, who are good, is more distressful than the wealth accumulated with the illiterates.

(Likewise…)

The defeat of sincere people, who realized ethics, is more tyranny than the victory obtained by the  insincere people.

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Link: Explanation in Tamil