Tirukkural Chapter 85 - Couplets 7,8,9,10 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 85 - புல்லறிவாண்மை.
CHAPTER 85 - ON IGNORANCE.
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85/07. அருமறை சோரும் அறிவிலான் செய்யும்
பெருமிறை தானே தனக்கு.

85/07. An ignorant person will not keep in mind those good advices given
in the scriptures, but will boast himself that his knowledge is the best.
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Anuradha: An ignorant man boasts
That his knowledge is the best.

Divya: He has kept all the books
Neatly in the bookshelves,
But he has no time to turn pages
And read what each page contains.

In others' views all the books
Indicates that he's so wise
Though he is actually not
As just for show, books are kept.

But before them he still asserts,
That his knowledge is the best,
Even though he knows nothing
But he says he knows everything.
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85/08. ஏவவும் செய்கலான்; தான்தேறான்; அவ்வுயிர்
போஒம் அளவுமோர் நோய்.

85/08. Evavum seigalaan; thantherraan; avvuyir
Povom allavumore noyi.

85/08. If wise men tell an ignorant man will not listen,
nor he will make an attempt to know
and will create troubles to others till his last.
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Anuradha: Neither he will listen
Nor he himself will learn
What kind of an ignorant man he is?

Divya: He's such an ignorant man
He'll not listen to wise men
Nor he himself tries to learn
What all practical lessons.

He creates troubles for him,
As well as for all of them,
In mishandling everything,
About which he knows nothing.

How people tolerate him,
For all his troubles to them,
But it is his good time,
He escaped from them.
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85/09. காணாதான் காட்டுவான் தான்காணான்; காணாதான்
கண்டானாம் தான்கண்ட வாறு.

85/09. Kaannaadhaan kaattuvaan thaankaadaan; kaannaadhaan
Kanndaanaam thaankannda vaarru.

85/09. An ignorant man, who does not know good virtues, is teaching
what is virtue to another innocent person, who has become another fool like him.
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Anuradha: It is like a blind leading another blind,
Both will fall into a pit.

Divya: Before teaching what is virtue,
He must learn the same virtue,
But without learning its lessons
How can he teach it to others?

He's posing to know everything
But actually he knows nothing
In which case he is fooling
Another man as if he's teaching.

He's like a joker in a circus,
People will laugh at his jokes,
When he is trying to teach
What he doesn't know much.
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85/10. உலகத்தார் உண்டென்பது இல்லென்பான் வையத்து
அலகையா வைக்கப் படும்.

85/10. Ulagaththaar undenbadhu illenbhaan vaiyaththu
Alakaiyaa vaikkap padum.

85/10. Where the wise men say "YES, " he'll say "NO, "
The world thinks of him as a demon.
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Anuradha: How can he contradict wise men like this?

Divya: He doesn't know anything,
But posing to know everything.
He seems to be a mad man,
Who disagrees with wise men.

When wise men say "Yes, "
How can he say "No, "
As an ignorant man
Opposing those wise men?

The world will not pardon
But will call him a demon
For his evil intentions,
Particularly with scholars.
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