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Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

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Kural 667: The Tirukkural on Size and True Importance

January 25, 2022

A verse on never scorning anyone’s size and what it means to be truly essential.

667
Scorn none by size—there are some like the pin
In a great cart’s wheel

உருவுகண் டெள்ளாமை வேண்டும் உருள்பெருந்தேர்க்
கச்சாணி அன்னார் உடைத்து

From chapter 67, “Firmness of Action.”

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

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