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Merpirandhaa Raayinum Kallaadhaar KeezhppirandhumKatraar Anaiththilar Paatu

Lower are men unlearned, though noble be their race,Than low-born men adorned with learning's grace

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The unlearned, though born in a high caste, are not equal in dignity to the learned; though they may have been born in a low caste