Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

Kural 400: Tiruvalluvar on Learning and True Wealth

A verse on the connection between learning and life.

400
Learning is sacred unperishing prosperity—all
Other wealth is not wealth

கேடில் விழுச்செல்வம் கல்வி யொருவற்கு
மாடல்ல மற்றை யவை

From chapter 40, “Learning.”

Translated from the Tamil by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma
THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural
Beacon Press, Boston

TALLER THAN A MOUNTAIN | A 7-week online course on the Kural | Available now  LEARN MORE
close
open