Possession of Knowledge
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evva tuṟaiva tulaka mulakattō / ṭavva tuṟaiva taṟivu
“As dwells the world, so with the world to dwell / In harmony- this is to wisely live and well.”
“It is a part of wisdom to conform to the ways of the world.”
Wisdom is conducting oneself with the world in the manner by which the world itself lives.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
உலகம் எவ்வது உறைவது= உலகம் யாதொருவாற்றான் ஒழுகுவதாயிற்று; உலகத்தோடு அவ்வது உறைவது அறிவு= அவ்வுலகத்தோடு மேவித் தானும் அவ்வாற்றான் ஒழுகுவது அரசனுக்கு அறிவு.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Discerning the elevated, righteous way in which the wise world lives, and living in harmonious alignment with that standard, is true wisdom.