Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

author, poet, teacher, and performer

Kural 421: The Kural on the Nature of Knowledge

A verse on what knowledge really is.

421
Knowledge—tool that guards against ruin
And fortress that falls to no enemy

அறிவற்றங் காக்குங் கருவி செறுவார்க்கும்
உள்ளழிக்க லாகா அரண்

From chapter 43, “The Possession of Knowledge.”

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

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