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Kural No. 701 · Wealth (Porul) · Ch 71

The Knowledge of Indications

குறிப்பறிதல்
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
கூறாமை நோக்கக் குறிப்பறிவான் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
மாறாநீர் வையக் கணி.

Kooraamai Nokkake Kuripparivaan Egngnaandrum / Maaraaneer Vaiyak Kani

Classical English couplet — “Who knows the sign, and reads unuttered thought, the gem is he,Of earth round traversed by the changeless sea”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“The minister who by looking (at the king) understands his mind without being told (of it), will be a perpetual ornament to the world which is surrounded by a never-drying sea”

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

ஓருவர் சொல்லாமலே அவறுடைய முகத்தை நோக்கி அவர் கருதிய குறிப்பை அறிகின்றவன் எப்போதும் உலகத்திற்க்கு ஓர் அணிகலன் ஆவான்.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

ஒருவர் எதுவும் பேசாமலிருக்கும் போதே அவர் என்ன நினைக்கிறார் என்பதை முகக்குறிப்பால் உணருகிறவன் உலகத்திற்கே அணியாவான்

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