Kural Number: 0410 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0410}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0410}

விலங்கொடு மக்கள் அனையர் இலங்குநூல்
கற்றாரோடு ஏனை யவர்

Comparing who learnt classical literature with others,
is alike animals with people

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Comparing those who learnt the literature that develop rational, with the rest, is on par to the comparison between people and animals.

(Likewise…)

Comparing those who conduct the reign that give life to the weaker people, with the rest, is equal to the comparison between gold and brass.

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Wife and Daughter...

Kural Number: 0409 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0409}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0409}

மேற்பிறந்தா ராயினும் கல்லாதார் கீழ்ப்பிறந்தும்
கற்றார் அனைத்திலர் பாடு

Despite from rich family, illiterates are peerless
to literates from poor family

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Despite born in a rich family, if someone is illiterate; they are still peerless to the fame of the literates, who are born in a poor family.

(Likewise…)

Despite working in the world best industry, if someone is untalented; they are still matchless to the calibre of the talented, who work in a small-scale industry.

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Kural Number: 0408 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0408}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0408}

நல்லார்கண் பட்ட வறுமையின் இன்னாதே
கல்லார்கண் பட்ட திரு

Poverty with literates is distressful than
the wealth with illiterates

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: The poverty with the educated people, who are good, is more distressful than the wealth accumulated with the illiterates.

(Likewise…)

The defeat of sincere people, who realized ethics, is more tyranny than the victory obtained by the  insincere people.

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Kural Number: 0407 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0407}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0407}

நுண்மாண் நுழைபுலம் இல்லான் எழில்நலம்
மண்மாண் புனைபாவை யற்று

Beauty of who haven’t intelligence, is alike
beautiful girl-idol made of clay

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: The beautiful appearance of an uneducated, who are incapable at deeper and better rational, is on par to a beautiful girl-idol that is excellently made out of clay.

(Likewise…)

The beautiful palace-house of a family, which is unable to live with sincerity and ethics, is equivalent to a sweet dream that is realistically developed out of imagination.

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Kural Number: 0406 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0406}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0406}

உளரென்னும் மாத்திரையர் அல்லால் பயவாக்
களரனையர் கல்லா தவர்

Except that being alive, Illiterates are
alike useless barren land

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Except for the quantification of existing people, the fact of illiterates being alive is on par to the dry-land having an useless soil.

(Likewise…)

Except for the proof of existing reign, the reality of unjustified people in the regime is equivalent to the blooming flowers of tree that gives “inedible fruits”.

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Kural Number: 0405 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 05 - அரசியல்; அதிகாரம்: 041 - கல்லாமை; குறள் எண்: 0405}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 05 - Politics; Chapter: 041 - Illiteracy; Kural Number: 0405}

கல்லா ஒருவன் தகைமை தலைப்பெய்து
சொல்லாடச் சோர்வு படும்

Self-pride of illiterates will be spoilt when
they converse with literates

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: The self-pride of illiterates will surely be spoilt by their speech itself, when they get-together and converse with literates.

(Likewise…)

The fake-appearance of unethical people will definitely be destructed by their act itself, when they mingle and socialize with ethical people.

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