Tirukural – Chapter 43
Chapter 43: Possession of Wisdom
Verse seeker
sits within a golden fortress of protection. Before him are the wisdom-filled holy texts. Outside the wall people are offering him various material inducements, but he is only interested in the truth.
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Weaver’s Wisdom
Verse 421
Wisdom is a weapon that can ward off destruction.
It is an inner fortress that no enemy can assail.
Verse 422
Wisdom will harness the mind, diverting it
from wrong and directing it toward right.
Verse 423
Whatever is heard from whomever’s lips,
wisdom will rightly discern its true meaning.
Verse 424
Wisdom speaks well, conveying each meaning clearly,
and listens for the subtlest sense in others’ speech.
Verse 425
The wise befriend the wise and keep that friendship constant,
not opening and closing it like the petaled lotus.
Verse 426
It is wisdom to live in the world
in the way that the world lives.
Verse 427
Those who know, know what will happen next.
Such things are unknown to the unknowing.
Verse 428
It is folly not to fear what ought to be feared.
So the wise dread what should be dreaded.
Verse 429
Fearsome sufferings shall never happen
to knowing ones who guard against future happenings.
Verse 430
Those who possess wisdom possess everything.
Whatever others possess, without wisdom they have nothing.
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