Kural Number: 0398 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 040 - கல்வி; குறள் எண்: 0398}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 040 - Education; Kural Number: 0398}

ஒருமைக்கண் தான்கற்ற கல்வி ஒருவற்கு
எழுமையும் ஏமாப் புடைத்து

Education learnt in one birth, will 
benefit all seven births

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: The education learnt in one birth, will not just benefit the person in that birth but also in all seven births.

(Likewise…)

The public-work done at one time, will not just give fame to their generation but also to the other  generations.

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Caste can never defeat Humane...

Kural Number: 0397 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 040 - கல்வி; குறள் எண்: 0397}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 040 - Education; Kural Number: 0397}

யாதானும் நாடாமால் ஊராமால் என்னொருவன்
சாந்துணையுங் கல்லாத வாறு

While any nation/city can be theirs, how
one don’t learn until death?

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: While the fact is that any nation/city can be native nation/city for the educated, why one do not be educated until their birth is demised?

(Likewise…)

While it is true that any home/people can be own home/people for the ruler, why politicians do not protect the public-welfare until their reign is over?

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Kural Number: 0396 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 040 - கல்வி; குறள் எண்: 0396}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 040 - Education; Kural Number: 0396}

தொட்டனைத் தூறும் மணற்கேணி மாந்தர்க்குக்
கற்றனைத் தூறும் அறிவு

Fountain of well is proportional to depth; knowledge
of scholars is proportional to learning

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Fountain of the well is proportional to the depth of digging; similarly, the knowledge-level of scholars is proportional to the amount of learning.

(Likewise…)

Strength of an assembly is based on the quality of elected people; correspondingly, the development of a society is based on the self-discipline of an individual.

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Kural Number: 0395 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 040 - கல்வி; குறள் எண்: 0395}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 040 - Education; Kural Number: 0395}

உடையார்முன் இல்லார்போல் ஏக்கற்றுங் கற்றார்
கடையரே கல்லா தவர்

Who learned, like poor before rich, is literate;
the illiterates stay last

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Those who learned by respecting the literates, like the poor stand in front of rich, will become primary! Those who did not learn so, will stay last!

(Likewise…)

Those who grown by worshipping the parents, like the devotees in front of god, will become elite people! Those who did not grow so, will be ordinary people!

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Kural Number: 0394 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 040 - கல்வி; குறள் எண்: 0394}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 040 - Education; Kural Number: 0394}

உவப்பத் தலைக்கூடி உள்ளப் பிரிதல்
அனைத்தே புலவர் தொழில்

Nature of Poets is gathering to cheer knowledge
and separate with dejection

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: The nature of Poets, who are excellent in the language, is gathering together to cheer & enhance the rationale, and then get separated with dejected mind.

(Likewise…)

The nature of relationships, which get reconnected in auspecious occasions, is gelling together to rejoice until getting the physical tiredness, and then disconnect with painful mind.

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Kural Number: 0393 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 040 - கல்வி; குறள் எண்: 0393}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 040 - Education; Kural Number: 0393}

கண்ணுடையர் என்பவர் கற்றோர் முகத்திரண்டு
புண்ணுடையர் கல்லா தவர்

Educated are meant having eyes; uneducated 
have two wounds on face

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Only the educated persons are meant having the viewable eyes! The  uneducated are meant to have two visionless empty spaces on the face.

(Likewise…)

Only who have understanding are meant having the audible ears! Those who do not have understanding are meant to have two inaudible holes on the head.

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