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orumaikkaṭ ṭāṉkaṟṟa kalvi yoruvaṟ / keḻumaiyu mēmāp puṭaittu
“The man who store of learning gains, / In one, through seven worlds, bliss attains.”
“The learning that a man hath acquired in one birth will exalt him; even in all his succeeding incarnations.”
The learning acquired in one birth becomes a protection for a person through seven births.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
ஒருவற்கு= ஒருவனுக்கு; தான் ஒருமைக்கண் கற்ற கல்வி= தான் ஒருபிறப்பின்கண் கற்ற கல்வி; எழுமையும் ஏமாப்பு உடைத்து= எழுபிறப்பினும் சென்று உதவுதலை உடைத்து.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The noble learning acquired by a person in a single human birth serves as an enduring fortress of protection throughout seven successive rebirths.